Planar hexagonal B 36 as a potential basis for extended single-atom layer boron sheets

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Piazza, Zachary A ^a   Hu, Han Shi ^b   Li, Wei Li ^a   Zhao, Ya Fan ^b   Li, Jun ^b   Wang, Lai Sheng ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON 36; BORON DERIVATIVE; BOROPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKENE; BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HEXAGONAL VACANCY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; QUASIPLANAR STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84892834883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4113     Document Type: Article

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