Structural distortion and band gap opening of hard MnB4 in comparison with CrB4 and FeB4

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-56

  Zhang, Jingwu ^a   Yang, Meng ^a   Wang, Yachun ^a   Yao, Jinlei ^b   Li, Zhiping ^a   Zhang, Jian ^c   Wu, Lailei ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Gou, Huiyang ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Band gap opening; First principles calculation; High hardness; MnB4; Structural distortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894437539     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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