Spin-resolved self-doping tunes the intrinsic half-metallicity of AlN nanoribbons

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-70

  Lopez Bezanilla, Alejandro ^a,b   Ganesh, P ^a   Kent, Paul R C ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum nitride; electric field; half metallicity; strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892466246     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0371-1     Document Type: Article

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