Fist-principles study of structural stability and electronic structure of CdS nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8206-8214

  Datta, S ^a   Kabir, M ^a   Saha Dasgupta, T ^a   Sarma, D D ^b,c  

^a S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STABILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ZINC SULFIDE;

AMBIENT PRESSURE; BAND GAPS; CDS NANOCLUSTERS; CLUSTER SIZES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; NON-MONOTONIC BEHAVIOR; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SURFACE GEOMETRIES; WURTZITE; ZINC-BLENDE;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 53549108872     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711533z     Document Type: Article

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