Valence structure of alkaline and post-transition metal oxides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7940, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McLeod, John A ^a   Green, Robert J ^a   Skorikov, Nikolay A ^b   Finkelstein, L D ^b   Abu Samak, Mahmoud ^c   Kurmaev, Ernst Z ^b   Moewes, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

band gaps; density functional theory; electronic structure; X ray emission spectroscopy; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; BAND GAPS; BINARY OXIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; HARTREE-FOCK EXCHANGES; HIGH RESOLUTION; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES; VALENCE STRUCTURE; X-RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; ION BEAMS; MATERIALS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 79955064655     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.881181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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