A thermodynamic model and estimation of the experimental value of spontaneous polarization in a wurtzite GaN

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yan, W S ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Xie, Z L ^a   Xiu, X Q ^a   Han, P ^a   Lu, H ^a   Chen, P ^a   Gu, S L ^a   Shi, Y ^a   Zheng, Y D ^a   Liu, Z G ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NITRIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC SULFIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSITIONS; III NITRIDES; MACROSCOPIC POLARIZATIONS; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS; WURTZITE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 59349100043     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3072597     Document Type: Article

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