Long-range correlations in In2O3(ZnO)7 investigated by DFT calculations and electron holography

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 400-410

  Röder, Falk ^a   Lubk, Axel ^a   Lichte, Hannes ^a   Bredow, Thomas ^b   Yu, Wentao ^b   Mader, Werner ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DFT; Electron holography; Imaging simulations; Intrinsic electric fields; Long range correlations

Indexed keywords

CHARGE LOCALIZATION; DETECTION LIMITS; DFT CALCULATION; DFT LEVELS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; IMAGING SIMULATION; INTRINSIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIC DISPLACEMENT; LONG RANGE CORRELATIONS; NOISE LEVELS; NOVEL STRUCTURES; PHASE IMAGE; SCATTERING POTENTIALS; STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION; THEORETICAL RESULT; ZNO;

DEFECTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; INDIUM; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

INDIUM OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGING; MICROSCOPE; NOISE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77952322115     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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