Phase Transition and Mechanical Stability of InN Compound |
| A. Khaldia, b, N. Bouarissac, d, L. Tabourote
aLaboratory of Materials and Electronic Systems (LMSE), University of Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, 34000, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria bDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, 34000, Algeria cLaboratory of Materials Physics and Its Applications, University of M'sila, 28000 M'sila, Algeria dPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, University of M'sila, 28000 M'sila, Algeria eUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000 Annecy, France |
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| Ab initio calculations of structural phase transition and mechanical stability of zinc-blende InN compound have been conducted in this work using the pseudopotential plane-wave method within the generalized gradient approximation. The first transition pressure of the material in question has been determined and compared to the data available in the literature. In addition, the mechanical stability criteria have been checked which indicate that zinc-blende InN is mechanically stable for all pressures of interest up to the transition pressure. |
DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.137.480 topics: phase transition, elastic properties, InN |