Accurate ab initio predictions of III-V direct-indirect band gap crossovers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Nicklas, Jeremy W ^a   Wilkins, John W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO PREDICTION; ALLOY CONCENTRATION; BAND GAPS; BRILLOUIN ZONES; COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCE; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC GAP; III-V ALLOYS; INALAS; INDIRECT BAND GAP;

ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP;

VANADIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77956361192     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3485297     Document Type: Article

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