Excitons in boron nitride nanotubes: Dimensionality effects

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wirtz, Ludger ^a,b   Marini, Andrea ^b,c   Rubio, Angel ^b,d,e,f  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^e CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; BORON COMPOUNDS; EXCITONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BORON NITRIDE (BN) NANOTUBES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; SYSTEM DIMENSIONALITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33645507578     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.126104     Document Type: Article

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