Moiré superstructures of silicene on hexagonal boron nitride: A first-principles study

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

Volumn 377, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 2628-2632

  Li, Linyang ^a   Wang, Xiaopeng ^a   Zhao, Xiaoyang ^a   Zhao, Mingwen ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

First principle calculations; High Fermi velocity; Silicene BN moir superstructure; Tunable band gap; vdW interactions

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CALCULATIONS; ENERGY GAP; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NITRIDES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

FERMI VELOCITIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; TUNABLE BAND-GAP; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

SILICENE;

EID: 84883774239     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2013.07.037     Document Type: Article

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