nitride compounds

Physicists have identified an error involving the Debye temperature in a classic study of nitride compounds, according to a report from Bioengineer.org. The Debye temperature is a key parameter for describing thermal and vibrational properties of solids, so a mistake in a widely cited study could affect follow-up work on nitride materials, which are used in semiconductors and optoelectronics. Details of the paper, the nature of the error, and the physicists making the claim were not provided in the available report.