First-principles study of the size-dependent structural and electronic properties of thick-walled ZnO nanotubes

Solid State Communications

Volumn 148, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 534-537

  Xu, Hu ^a,b   Zhan, Fei ^c   Rosa, A L ^d   Frauenheim, Th ^d   Zhang, R Q ^a,e  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Nanotubes; A. Semiconductors; D. Electronic structure

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

ATOMIC RELAXATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; FORMATION ENERGIES; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SIZE DEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; TUBE DIAMETERS; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 55549128880     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2008.09.056     Document Type: Article

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