The stability and electronic structures of B or/and N doped SiC nanotubes: A first-principles study

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 977, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 92-96

  Wu, Aiqing ^a   Song, Qinggong ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Hao, Qinghai ^a  

^a CIVIL AVIATION UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structures; First principles; Formation energy; SiC nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555197290     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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