Piezoelectric constants for ZnO calculated using classical polarizable core-shell potentials

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Dai, Shuangxing ^a   Dunn, Martin L ^a   Park, Harold S ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CORE-SHELL; ELECTRON POLARIZATION; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR STATICS; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ZINC OXIDE;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 77958517065     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/44/445707     Document Type: Article

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