Electron states in boron nitride nanocones

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2323-2325

  Azevedo, Sérgio ^a,b   Mazzoni, Mário S C ^a   Chacham, H ^a   Nunes, R W ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

NANOCONES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037425201     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1565701     Document Type: Article

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