Observation of the amorphous zinc oxide recrystalline process by molecular dynamics simulation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Ken Huang ^a   Sun, Shih Jye ^b   Ju, Shin Pon ^a   Tsai, Jen Yu ^a   Chen, Hsin Tsung ^c   Hsieh, Jin Yuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ZINC OXIDES; AMORPHOUS ZNO; BASIN-HOPPING ALGORITHM; DIFFRACTION PROFILES; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STABLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; THIN SOLID FILM; WURTZITES; ZINC BLENDE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84874606381     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4789956     Document Type: Article

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