First-principles study of the energy-gap composition dependence of Zn1-x Bex Se ternary alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Berghout, A ^a,b   Zaoui, A ^b   Hugel, J ^a   Ferhat, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

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EID: 34347350157     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205112     Document Type: Article

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