Ab initio study of structural, elastic, and high-pressure properties of rubidium halides RbX (X = F, Cl, Br and I)

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-279

  Haddadi, K ^a   Bouhemadou, A ^a   Louail, L ^a   Maouche, D ^a  

^a FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Elastic constants; High pressure; Phase transition; Rubidium halides

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AB INITIO STUDY; BULK MODULUS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE STRAIN; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; PLANE WAVE; POISSON'S RATIO; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; PRESSURE TRANSITION; RUBIDIUM HALIDES; SHEAR MODULUS; SOUND VELOCITIES; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; TYPE STRUCTURES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67651247829     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590902766436     Document Type: Article

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