Structural stability, elastic constants, bonding characteristics and thermal properties of zincblende, rocksalt and fluorite phases in copper nitrides: Plane-wave pseudo-potential ab initio calculations

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Kanoun Bouayed, Nawel ^a   Kanoun, Mohammed Benali ^b   Goumri Said, Souraya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

elastic constants; electronic and bonding properties; electronic localized function; nitrides

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957225875     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11534-010-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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