Stabilization mechanism of vacancies in group-III nitrides: Exchange splitting and electron transfer

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Gohda, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Oshiyama, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

First principles calculations; Group III nitrides; Spin polarization; Vacancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956436749     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.79.083705     Document Type: Article

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