Pressure-induced phase transition in tysonite LaF3

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 922-926

  Modak, P ^a   Verma, A K ^a   Ghosh, S ^b   Das, G P ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

A. Optical materials; C. Ab initio calculations; D. Electronic structure; D. Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

A. OPTICAL MATERIALS; C. AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; D. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; D. PHASE TRANSITIONS; FULL-POTENTIAL LINEAR AUGMENTED PLANE WAVES; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PRESSURE-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITION; STERIC REPULSIONS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

PHASE STABILITY;

EID: 67649365458     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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