Mechanics and mechanically tunable band gap in single-layer hexagonal boron-nitride

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 200-206

  Wu, Jiangtao ^a   Wang, Baolin ^a   Wei, Yujie ^a   Yang, Ronggui ^b   Dresselhaus, Mildred ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic Strength; Antisite Defects; Band Gap; Hexagonal Boron Nitride; Mechanical Properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899863274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.824516     Document Type: Article

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