Tuning magnetism in zigzag ZnO nanoribbons by transverse electric fields

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2124-2128

  Kou, Liangzhi ^a   Li, Chun ^b   Zhang, Zhuhua ^a   Guo, Wanlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electric field; First principles calculation; Tunable magnetism; ZnO nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

FIELD DIRECTIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; NANORIBBONS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; THRESHOLD ELECTRIC FIELDS; THRESHOLD STRENGTH; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; ZNO;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; ZINC OXIDE;

ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS;

EID: 77951706267     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901552b     Document Type: Article

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