Pressure induced phase transitions in transition metal nitrides: Ab initio study

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 248, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2793-2800

  Srivastava, Anurag ^a   Chauhan, Mamta ^a   Singh, R K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk modulus; CsCl; Density functional theory; High pressure effects; Nitrides; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355168310     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201046589     Document Type: Article

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