First-principles study of CN carbon nitride nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Chai, Guoliang ^a   Lin, Chensheng ^a   Zhang, Minyi ^a   Wang, Jinyun ^a   Cheng, Wendan ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CARBON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; DIRECT BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; LONE PAIR; POROUS STRUCTURES; RELATIVE VALUE; TOTAL ENERGY; TUBE SIZE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON NITRIDE;

EID: 77951459383     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/19/195702     Document Type: Article

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