Phase stability and cohesive properties of Au-Sn intermetallics: A first-principles study

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1398-1416

  Ghosh, G ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; ENTHALPY; GROUND STATE; INTERMETALLICS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONVEX HULL; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); LOCAL-DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LDA); ULTRASOFT PSEUDOPOTENTIALS (USPP);

GOLD ALLOYS;

EID: 44649152333     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0175     Document Type: Article

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