@Article{CL.2023.202.101,
AUTHOR = {R. C. Gupta, P. Varshney, Pravesh, M. Lal, D. Kumar, K. Singh, A. S. Verma},
TITLE = {Mechanical stability parameters of chalcogenides and pnictides based optoelectronic materials},
JOURNAL = {Chalcogenide Letters},
VOLUME = {20},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {101--112},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CL/v20n2/65333},
ISSN = {1584-8663},
ABSTRACT = {A study of experimental data reveals that the bulk modulus of chalcogenides and pnictides 
based chalcopyrites (A<sup>II</sup>
B<sup>IV</sup>C<sub>2</sub>
<sup>V</sup> 
and A<sup>I</sup>
B<sup>III</sup>
C<sub>2</sub>
<sup>VI</sup>
) can be explained by a simple scaling rule that 
rely only on the crystal ionicity, ionic charge product, and the melting temperature. PVV 
theory of crystal ionicity, temperature dependence of elasticity and product of ionic charge 
theory are taken into account for the study. Based on this result, a simple microhardnessbulk
 modulus relation is applied to evaluate the microhardness of the complex compounds; 
which correspond well with the experimental data and other published results. The 
proposed findings support in the modeling of emerging semiconductor materials and even 
understanding of their mechanical properties for optoelectronics, photovoltaic, 
electromagnetic (EM) screening, and spintronic applications.<br/>
PACS: 62.20.-x; 62.20.Qp. },
DOI = {10.15251/CL.2023.202.101}
}