First-principles study of electronic and structural properties and examining the effect of pressure on structure and energy gap in In N phases

The electronic and structural properties of both zinc-blende and wurtzite phases of In N were investigated by using full potential augmented plane wave method within density functional theory. For exchange correlation potential, local density approximation, generalized gradient approximation and an alternative form of generalized gradient approximation proposed by Engel and Vosko (EV-generalized gradient approximation ) have been used. Results obtained for band structure of these compounds have been compared with experimental results as well as other theoretical work and closer to experimental data. The lattice constants, bulk modulus are calculated for each of both phases. We have also investigated the structural transitions of In N and have calculated the transition pressure between zinc-blende and rock salt phases.