Ab initio studies of structural and electronic properties

Characterization of Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-54

  Peressi, Maria ^a,b   Baldereschi, Alfonso ^a,b   Baroni, Stefano ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; band offset; density functional theory; linear response theory; models; supercell

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355182694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53099-8.00002-6     Document Type: Chapter

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