Intrinsic edge asymmetry in narrow zigzag hexagonal heteroatomic nanoribbons causes their subtle uniform curvature

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2003-2008

  Avramov, Pavel V ^a,b   Fedorov, Dmitri G ^c   Sorokin, Pavel B ^d   Sakai, Seiji ^a   Entani, Shiro ^a   Ohtomo, Manabu ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Naramoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KIRENSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; CONICAL SURFACES; FINITE LENGTH; FRAGMENT MOLECULAR ORBITAL METHODS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTRINSIC CURVATURE; NANORIBBONS; OUT-OF-PLANE; STRUCTURAL STRESS;

BORON NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORINE; GRAPHENE; ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICON CARBIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84864766849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300625t     Document Type: Article

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