Tunable ferromagnetic spin ordering in boron nitride nanotubes with topological fluorine adsorption

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6874-6879

  Zhang, Zhuhua ^a   Guo, Wanlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; FERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; FERROMAGNETIC SPIN ORDERING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FLUORINE ATOMS; HALF METALS; LOCAL CURVATURE; PIEZOMAGNETIC; SPIN DEVICE; TUBE DIAMETERS;

ADSORPTION; BORON; BORON NITRIDE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FLUORINE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; SHEET METAL; SPIN POLARIZATION;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; FLUORINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MODULATION; POLARIZATION; RADIUS;

EID: 67650529505     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja901586k     Document Type: Article

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