Inter-layer potential for hexagonal boron nitride

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Leven, Itai ^a   Azuri, Ido ^b   Kronik, Leeor ^b   Hod, Oded ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DISPERSIVE INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON CLOUDS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); LAYERED STRUCTURES; MODEL AND SIMULATION;

BORON NITRIDE;

EID: 84896380633     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867272     Document Type: Article

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