Stable structures and electronic properties of the oriented Bi nanowires and nanotubes from first-principle calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 10745-10753

  Qi, Jingshan ^a   Shi, Daning ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^b   Jiang, Xuefan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH PLATING; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; KETONES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

BAND GAPS; BI NANOWIRES; BUILDING BLOCKS; CORE-SHELL STRUCTURES; CROSS SECTIONING; FIRST-PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; NANO TUBE; NANO-SCALE DEVICES; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; STABLE STRUCTURES; WALL THICKNESSES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 49249111893     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp801735g     Document Type: Article

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