Direct to indirect band gap transition in ultrathin ZnO nanowires under uniaxial compression

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Wen, Yu Hua ^a   Zheng, Jin Cheng ^a   Zhu, Zi Zhong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

BAND GAP TRANSITIONS; BAND GAPS; DIRECT BAND GAPS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; INDIRECT BAND GAPS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSIONS; WURTZITE STRUCTURES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 63049094964     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3104852     Document Type: Article

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