Wide band gap tunability of bulk Cd1-xCaxO

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Srihari, Velaga ^a   Sridharan, V ^a   Chandra, Sharat ^a   Sastry, V S ^a   Sahu, H K ^a   Sundar, C S ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP TUNING; COMPOSITION RANGES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FULL POTENTIAL LINEARIZED AUGMENTED PLANE WAVE METHOD; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; LATTICE PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; TUNABILITIES; VEGARD'S LAW; VOLUME DEFORMATION; WIDE BAND GAP;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; LATTICE CONSTANTS;

CALCIUM;

EID: 78751478854     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3526300     Document Type: Article

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