Electronic Structure and Carrier Mobilities of Arsenene and Antimonene Nanoribbons: A First-Principle Study

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yanli ^a   Ding, Yi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

As Sb nanostrcuture; Deformation potential theory; Tunable gap variation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP;

DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL THEORY; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLE STUDY; INDIRECT BAND GAP; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TUNABLE GAP VARIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84930941150     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0955-7     Document Type: Article

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