Ab initio investigation of B16(GeS), B27(FeB) and B33(CrB/TlI) phases of lead chalcogenides

Physica Scripta

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Demiray, Ferhat ^a   Berber, Savas ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AB INITIO INVESTIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INTERMEDIATE PHASIS; INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; PROJECTED DENSITY OF STATE; SYMMETRY CONSTRAINTS; TRANSITION PRESSURE;

CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LEAD; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

ATOMS;

EID: 84879917117     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/88/01/015603     Document Type: Article

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