First-principles study of field emissions from natrium-encapsulated boron-nitride nanotube in a perpendicular geometry

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 553-557

  Gao, Qiang ^a   Hu, Shuang Lin ^a   Li, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotube; Field emission; Nearly free electron state; Response

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FIELD EMISSION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL FORMALISM; DISTRIBUTION CURVES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; PERPENDICULAR GEOMETRIES; RESPONSE; SELF-CONSISTENT METHOD;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 78649366750     PISSN: 16740068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-0068/23/05/553-557     Document Type: Article

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