Lattice dynamics of the h-BN monolayer and single-walled BN nanotubes using a tight-binding model

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5118, Issue , 2003, Pages 366-377

  Hernandez E ^a   Sanchez Portal D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

BN nanotubes; Mechanical; Vibrational properties

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTROSTATICS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MONOLAYERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ELASTIC CONSTANT; SOUND VELOCITIES; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0041326730     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.501470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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