Elastic properties of superconducting NbB2+x obtained from first-principles calculations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 37, 2007, Pages

  Regalado, E ^a   Escamilla, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BORON COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTICITY; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BORON CONTENT; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL-THEORY; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING CONSTANT; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; PLANE-WAVE PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; POLYCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES; S RATIO;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 40749160278     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/37/376209     Document Type: Article

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