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High-Pressure Behaviour of Si AND Ge: A Theoretical Study |
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| Authors: | A. Mujica S. Radescu A. Muñoz R. J. Needs |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Física Fundamental II , Universidad de La Laguna , La Laguna, Tenerife , E-38205 , Spain E-mail: amujica@marengo.dfis.ull.es;2. Departamento de Física Fundamental II , Universidad de La Laguna , La Laguna, Tenerife , E-38205 , Spain;3. Theory of Condensed Matter group, Cavendish Laboratory , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , CB3 0HE , United Kingdom |
| Abstract: | In this work we summarize the results of first-principles theoretical studies of the sequence of pressure-driven phase-transitions followed by the group-IVa elements Si and Ge. The agreement with the available experimental data is very good. |
| Keywords: | Si Ge High-pressure Phases Dft-LDA Plane-waves-pseudopotential Method |