Tuning the electronic properties of boron nitride nanotube by mechanical uni-axial deformation: A DFT study

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ju, Shin Pon ^a   Wang, Yao Chun ^a   Lien, Ting Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HOLE MOBILITY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; BORON; STRESSES;

AXIAL DEFORMATIONS; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; DFT STUDY; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; NANOTUBE GEOMETRY; PARTIAL DENSITY OF STATE; STRESS STRAIN; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; STRESS-STRAIN;

STRAIN;

EID: 82655187069     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-160     Document Type: Article

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