Strain and chirality effects on the mechanical and electronic properties of silicene and silicane under uniaxial tension

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 376, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 3546-3550

  Zhao, Huijuan ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap; Chirality effects; First principles theory; Mechanical properties; Silicene; Strain effects

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHIRALITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; SILICENE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FIRST-PRINCIPLES THEORY; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRAIN EFFECT; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84868213171     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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