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TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic properties of sculpturenes
AU - Algharagholy, Laith
AU - Pope, Tom
AU - Bailey, Steven W. D.
AU - Lambert, Colin J.
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PY - 2014/1/31
Y1 - 2014/1/31
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES
KW - GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS
KW - CARBON NANOTUBES
KW - LAYER GRAPHENE
KW - AB-INITIO
KW - DEFECTS
KW - SHEETS
KW - GAP
U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013060
DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013060
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
JO - New Journal of Physics
JF - New Journal of Physics
SN - 1367-2630
M1 - 013060
ER -