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| Article number | 013060 |
|---|---|
| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 31/01/2014 |
| <mark>Journal</mark> | New Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 16 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We investigate the electronic properties of sculpturenes, formed by sculpting selected shapes from bilayer graphene, boron nitride or graphene-boron nitride hetero-bilayers and allowing the shapes to spontaneously reconstruct. The simplest sculpturenes are periodic nanotubes, containing lines of non-hexagonal rings. More complex sculpturenes formed from shapes with non-trivial topologies, connectivities and materials combinations may also be constructed. Results are presented for the reconstructed geometries, electronic densities of states and current-voltage relations of these new structures.