Small-scale effect on the piezoelectric potential of gallium nitride nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 25, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; NITRIDES;

FREE CHARGE; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; GALLIUM NITRIDE NANOWIRES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SIZE DEPENDENT; SMALL SCALE EFFECTS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84979234560     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4885538     Document Type: Article

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