Published May 24, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Transition pathway in GaAs under uniaxial stress: an ab initio study

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 (United States)

Description

We study the behaviour of GaAs under a uniaxial compression using an ab initio constant-pressure technique and find that GaAs undergoes a first-order phase transition to a side-disordered orthorhombic Imm 2 structure via an intermediate state having the space group of I4-barm2. The transition pathway and mechanism under uniaxial stress are found to be considerably different from those under the hydrostatic compression

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/18/4887/cm6_20_013.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
20
Journal Page Range
p. 4887-4894
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37061046
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
COMPRESSION; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; INTERMEDIATE STATE; ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SPACE GROUPS; STRESSES
Descriptors DEC
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; SYMMETRY GROUPS