Theoretical investigation of electronic structure of PbSxTe1-x and PbSexTe1-x alloys

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 650-655

  Zaoui, A ^a   Kacimi, S ^a   Zaoui, M ^a   Bouhafs, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Alloys; Density functional theory; Electronic structure; Generalized gradient approximation; Local density approximation

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

BINARY COMPOUNDS; BULK MODULUS; DENSITY OF STATE; EXCHANGE AND CORRELATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; GENERALIZED GRADIENTS; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; LOCAL ORBITALS; PLANE WAVES; ROCK-SALT STRUCTURES; SUPER CELLS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS;

ALLOYS;

EID: 59149101769     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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