Genetic algorithm application to the structural properties of Si-Ge mixed clusters

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-254

  Dugan, Nazim ^a   Erkoç, Şakir ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empirical potentials; Genetic algorithms; Monte Carlo methods; Silicon Germanium clusters

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS;

ATOM CLUSTERS; CLUSTER CENTERS; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; GE ATOMS; GENETIC ALGORITHM APPLICATIONS; MIXED CLUSTERS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRIES; SHELL GEOMETRIES; SILICON-GERMANIUM CLUSTERS; TOTAL INTERACTION ENERGIES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 61449231762     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910802675830     Document Type: Article

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