Calculation of room temperature conductivity and mobility in tin-based topological insulator nanoribbons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Vandenberghe, William G ^a   Fischetti, Massimo V ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IODINE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANORIBBONS; PHONONS; TIN; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

CLASSICAL COMPUTING; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; KUBO-GREENWOOD FORMALISM; OVERLAP INTEGRALS; PHONON SPECTRUM; ROOM-TEMPERATURE CONDUCTIVITY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84910029938     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901063     Document Type: Article

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