Structural and electronic properties of composite BxCyNz nanotubes and heterojunctions

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Blase, X ^a   Charlier, J Ch ^b   De Vita, A ^c,d   Car, R ^d  

^a UMR CNRS 5586   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CONDUCTION BAND; FREE ELECTRON STATES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0033099654     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390050891     Document Type: Article

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