First-principles study of electronic structure and elastic properties of C doping Mg(B1-xCx)2

Fenmo Yejin Cailiao Kexue yu Gongcheng/Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Xia, Qing Lin ^a   Yi, Jian Hong ^a,b   Peng, Yuan Dong ^a   Wang, Hong Zhong ^a   Zhou, Cheng Shang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Electronic structure; First principle; Mg(B1 xCx)2

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE COMPOUNDS; BRITTLE-TO-DUCTILE TRANSITION; BULK MODULUS; DENSITY OF STATE; ELASTIC MODULES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY BAND STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HILL'S MODEL; LATTICE PARAMETERS; MG(B1-XCX)2; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SUPERCONDUCTOR TRANSITIONS;

BAND STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELASTICITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955501958     PISSN: 16730224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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