Electronic structures of boron nanoribbons

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ding, Yi ^a   Yang, Xiaobao ^a,b   Ni, Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; NANORIBBONS;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; OSCILLATORY VARIATIONS; ZIGZAG EDGES;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 49149091768     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2965803     Document Type: Article

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