Distribution of cations in wurtzitic In xGa 1-xN and In xAl 1-xN alloys: Consequences for energetics and quasiparticle electronic structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  De Carvalho, Luiz Cláudio ^a,b   Schleife, André ^a,b   Furthmüller, Jürgen ^a,b   Bechstedt, Friedhelm ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84859227693     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.115121     Document Type: Article

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