Effect of high pressure on polymorphic phase transition and electronic structure of xas (X=Al, Ga, In)

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 850-865

  Gupta, Dinesh Chandra ^a   Kulshrestha, Subhra ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Equation Of state; Phase transition; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT PRESSURES; EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; POLYMORPHIC PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION PRESSURE;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GALLIUM; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 77957966592     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590903326628     Document Type: Article

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