Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations

III-nitride semiconductors exhibit an array of exceptional features, including broad coverage of spectral frequencies range and reasonable wear resistance, making them desirable materials in a variety of engineering applications. Due to these capabilities, extensive researching works have been carri...

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Main Author: Chang, Robin Yee Hui
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Published: 2017
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description III-nitride semiconductors exhibit an array of exceptional features, including broad coverage of spectral frequencies range and reasonable wear resistance, making them desirable materials in a variety of engineering applications. Due to these capabilities, extensive researching works have been carried out on their binary systems over the past few decades. In the case of ternary composites, AlxGa1-xN and InxGa1-xN are comprehensively studied while the same enthusiasm cannot be said for AlxIn1-xN. Numerous experimental studies have shown that the formulation of a quality AlxIn1-xN crystal is undeniably challenging, due to mismatch of certain physical properties between its parent blocks. Herein, by applying ab initio crossbreed evolutionary computations, extensive search for the thermodynamically and practically stable composites of AlN-InN was performed. Simulations were conducted at atmospheric pressure initially, with each structure underwent several stages of optimization via density functional theory, relaxing its cell shape and internal atoms. Optimized structures were selected based on a fitness value, which is the formation enthalpy per cell (Δ
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spelling usm-480662021-01-11T03:07:31Z http://eprints.usm.my/48066/ Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations Chang, Robin Yee Hui QC1 Physics (General) III-nitride semiconductors exhibit an array of exceptional features, including broad coverage of spectral frequencies range and reasonable wear resistance, making them desirable materials in a variety of engineering applications. Due to these capabilities, extensive researching works have been carried out on their binary systems over the past few decades. In the case of ternary composites, AlxGa1-xN and InxGa1-xN are comprehensively studied while the same enthusiasm cannot be said for AlxIn1-xN. Numerous experimental studies have shown that the formulation of a quality AlxIn1-xN crystal is undeniably challenging, due to mismatch of certain physical properties between its parent blocks. Herein, by applying ab initio crossbreed evolutionary computations, extensive search for the thermodynamically and practically stable composites of AlN-InN was performed. Simulations were conducted at atmospheric pressure initially, with each structure underwent several stages of optimization via density functional theory, relaxing its cell shape and internal atoms. Optimized structures were selected based on a fitness value, which is the formation enthalpy per cell (Δ 2017-10 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/48066/1/MATERIAL%20DESIGN%20OF%20III-NITRIDE%20TERNARY.pdf%20cut.pdf Chang, Robin Yee Hui (2017) Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle QC1 Physics (General)
Chang, Robin Yee Hui
Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title_full Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title_fullStr Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title_full_unstemmed Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title_short Material Design Of Iii-Nitride Ternary Via First Principles Calculations
title_sort material design of iii-nitride ternary via first principles calculations
topic QC1 Physics (General)
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