First principles phase diagram calculations for the wurtzite-structure quasibinary systems SiC-AlN, SiC-GaN and SiC-InN

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Burton, B P ^a   Demers, Steve ^b   Van De Walle, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALN; BAND GAPS; BULK COMPOSITIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FORMATION ENERGIES; LOW ENERGIES; META-STABLE STATE; MODEL VARIATION; ORDERED PHASE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PHASE DIAGRAM CALCULATIONS; PLANE WAVE; PSEUDOPOTENTIALS; QUASI BINARY SYSTEMS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 79961100727     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3602149     Document Type: Article

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