First-principles study of phase transition and elastic properties of ScSb and YSb compounds

Phase Transitions

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Feng, Wenxia ^a   Cui, Shouxin ^a   Hu, Haiquan ^a   Zhang, Guiqing ^a   Lv, Zengtao ^a   Gong, Zizheng ^b  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF SPACECRAFT SYSTEM ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

ab initio; Elastic properties; phase stability; Phase transition pressure; ScSb; YSb

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; APPLIED PRESSURE; B1 PHASE; B2 STRUCTURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; DURING PHASE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; PLANE WAVE; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; VOLUME CHANGE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PHASE STABILITY;

EID: 77954053721     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2010.494265     Document Type: Article

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