Elastic properties and bonding of the AgGaSe2 chalcopyrite

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 405, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3658-3664

  Ouahrani, Tarik ^a   Otero De La Roza, Alberto ^b   Reshak, A H ^c,e   Khenata, R ^d,f   Faraoun, H I ^a   Amrani, B ^d   Mebrouki, M ^a   Luaa, Vctor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MASCARA   (Algeria)

^e UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chemical bonding in semiconductors; Elastic properties; FPLAPW calculations; Quantum theory of atoms in molecules

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FP-LAPW; FPLAPW CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY OF ATOMS IN MOLECULES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER;

ATOMS;

EID: 77955561001     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.05.061     Document Type: Article

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