Special electronic structures and quantum conduction of B/P co-doping carbon nanotubes under electric field using the first principle

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2275-2283

  Chen, Aqing ^a   Shao, Qingyi ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B P doped SWNT; Density function of theory (DFT); Hetero junction; Modeling and simulation; Nanostructure; Quantum conductance

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; BN NANOTUBE; CO-DOPING; DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DENSITY OF STATE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; MAYER BOND ORDERS; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; P-N JUNCTION; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SYMMETRICAL STRUCTURE;

BAND STRUCTURE; BORON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

BORON; PHOSPHORUS; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIODE; ELECTRIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 80052581566     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-9986-2     Document Type: Article

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