Ab-initio calculation of electronic and optical properties of nitrogen and boron doped graphene nanosheet

Carbon

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 275-282

  Nath, Palash ^a   Chowdhury, Suman ^a   Sanyal, D ^b   Jana, Debnarayan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTRUM; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PERPENDICULAR POLARIZATION; STATIC DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84897423035     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.02.064     Document Type: Article

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