Electronic transport properties of BN sheet on adsorption of ammonia (NH3) gas

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Srivastava, Anurag ^a   Bhat, Chetan ^a,b   Jain, Sumit Kumar ^a   Mishra, Pankaj Kumar ^c   Brajpuriya, Ranjeet ^b  

^a ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA   (India)

^c AMITY UNIVERSITY MADHYA PRADESH   (India)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Ammonia; Band structure; Boron Nitrite; I V; Sensor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84922901967     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2595-3     Document Type: Article

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