Engineering direct-indirect band gap transition in wurtzite GaAs nanowires through size and uniaxial strain

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Copple, Andrew ^a   Ralston, Nathaniel ^a   Peng, Xihong ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP TRANSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CRITICAL STRAINS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GAAS; GAP TRANSITION; INDIRECT BAND GAP; TWO-STATE; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS; WURTZITES;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; STRAIN; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84862093019     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4718026     Document Type: Article

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