Density functional approach to study electronic structure of Zno single crystal

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1530-1536

  Mohammadi, Azam Soltani ^a   Baizaee, Seyed Mahdy ^a   Salehi, Hamdollah ^b  

^a VALI E ASR UNIVERSITY OF RAFSANJAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Band structure; FP LAPW; GGA+U; WIEN2K; Zno

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864281935     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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