Boron nitride monolayer: A strain-tunable nanosensor

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 13261-13267

  Neek Amal, M ^a,b   Beheshtian, J ^a,b   Sadeghi, A ^a   Michel, K H ^a   Peeters, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SHAHID RAJAEE TEACHER TRAINING UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; GAS MOLECULES; IN-PLANE STRAINS; POLAR MOLECULES;

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; NANOSENSORS; NITRIDES;

STRAIN;

EID: 84879613244     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402122c     Document Type: Article

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