Dirac cone in α-graphdiyne: A first-principles study

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Niu, Xiaoning ^a   Mao, Xingze ^a   Yang, Dezheng ^a   Zhang, Zhiya ^a   Si, Mingsu ^a   Xue, Desheng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dirac cone; First principles calculation; graphdiyne

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

ACETYLENIC LINKAGES; DIRAC CONES; FERMI VELOCITIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GRAPHDIYNE; LINEAR DISPERSION; TIGHT BINDING METHODS;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84891447536     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-469     Document Type: Article

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