First principles study of structural and electronic properties of different phases of boron nitride

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 297-306

  Ahmed, Rashid ^a   Fazal e Aleem, ^a   Hashemifar, S Javad ^b   Akbarzadeh, Hadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Boron nitride; Density functional theory; FPLAPW; III V Compounds; WIEN2K

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LATTICE CONSTANTS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EXCHANGE CORRELATION; FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION;

BORON NITRIDE;

EID: 35148842617     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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