Ab initio study of confinement and surface effects in hexagonal AlN nanotubes

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Rezouali, Karim ^a   Belkhir, Mohamed Akli ^a   Houari, Abdeslam ^a   Bai, JinBo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

AlN nanotubes; Confinement effect; Electronic properties; Optical properties; Piezoelectric field effect; Surface effect

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; YARN;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZO-ELECTRIC FIELDS; PIEZOELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SURFACE EFFECT; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 61849176512     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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