Influence of size effect on the electronic and elastic properties of diamond films with nanometer thickness

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-136

  Chernozatonskii, Leonid A ^a   Sorokin, Pavel B ^a,b,c   Kuzubov, Alexander A ^b   Sorokin, Boris P ^d   Kvashnin, Alexander G ^b,d   Kvashnin, Dmitry G ^b   Avramov, Pavel V ^b,e,f   Yakobson, Boris I ^c  

^a EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR SUPERHARD AND NOVEL CARBON MATERIALS   (Russian Federation)

^e KIRENSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC STRUCTURE; BAND GAPS; DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; ENERGY STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROGEN ATOMS; NANOMETER THICKNESS; SIZE EFFECTS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

DIAMOND FILMS; ELASTICITY;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 78651087348     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1080687     Document Type: Article

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