First-principles calculations of the mechanical and structural properties of Ga Nx As1-x: Lattice and elastic constants

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Stenuit, G ^a   Fahy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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EID: 34447277605     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035201     Document Type: Article

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