Highly conductive boron nanotubes: Transport properties, work functions, and structural stabilities

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4997-5005

  Bezugly, Viktor ^a   Kunstmann, Jens ^a   Grundkötter Stock, Bernhard ^b   Frauenheim, Thomas ^b   Niehaus, Thomas ^c   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^a,d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; ballistic transport; boron; electronic properties; nanotubes; structural stability; work function

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; BALLISTIC TRANSPORT; BORON NANOTUBES; HEXAGONAL SHEETS; LARGE-DIAMETER; LATTICE STRUCTURES; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STABLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL CLASS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; ZIG-ZAG NANOTUBES;

BALLISTICS; BORON; CALCULATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHIRALITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMERS; STABILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WORK FUNCTION;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

BORON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; NANOTUBE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BORON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON;

EID: 79959802468     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201099a     Document Type: Article

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