Tuning electronic properties of germanane layers by external electric field and biaxial tensile strain: A computational study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1148-1154

  Li, Yafei ^a   Chen, Zhongfang ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DIRECT BAND GAP; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; STACKING PATTERNS; VAN DER WAALS;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MONOLAYERS; TENSILE STRAIN; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84892730982     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411783q     Document Type: Article

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