Size dependence of structural, electronic, elastic, and optical properties of selenium nanowires: A first-principles study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kahaly, Mousumi Upadhyay ^a   Ghosh, Prasenjit ^a   Narasimhan, Shobhana ^a   Waghmare, Umesh V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SELENIUM;

FINITE SIZE; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; SIZE DEPENDENCE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38849144689     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2824969     Document Type: Article

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