Tailoring the structural and electronic properties of a graphene-like ZnS monolayer using biaxial strain

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Behera, Harihar ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, Gautam ^b  

^a The Glocbal University   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

2D nanocrystals; biaxial strain; electronic structure; first principle calculation; ZnS monolayer

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL STRAINS; BUCKLING PARAMETERS; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DIRECT BAND GAP; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; GRAPHENE LIKES; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS; NANOSENSORS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84893509756     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/7/075302     Document Type: Article

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