Electronic and structural properties of oxygen-doped BN nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-521

  De Andrade Silva, Leandro ^a   Guerini, Silvete Coradi ^b   Lemos, Volía ^c   Filho, Josué Mendes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculation; BN nanotube; Electronic properties; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; BN NANOTUBES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 33748999023     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.880495     Document Type: Article

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