Half-metallicity in hybrid BCN nanoribbons

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Kan, Er Jun ^a   Wu, Xiaojun ^b   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Zeng, X C ^b   Yang, Jinlong ^a   Hou, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIN DYNAMICS;

HALF-METALLICITY; NANORIBBONS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 50849131906     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2971187     Document Type: Article

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