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Title
Induced polarization and electronic properties of carbon-doped boron nitride nanoribbons
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Abstract
The electronic properties of boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNRs) doped with a line of carbon atoms are investigated using density functional calculations. By replacing a line of alternating B and N atoms with carbons, three different configurations are possible depending on the type of the atoms which bond to the carbons. We found very different electronic properties for these configurations: (i) the NCB arrangement is strongly polarized with a large dipole moment having an unexpected direction, (ii) the BCB and NCN arrangements are nonpolar with zero dipole moment, (iii) the doping by a carbon line reduces the band gap regardless of the local arrangement of the borons and the nitrogens around the carbon line, and (iv) the polarization and energy gap of the carbon-doped BNNRs can be tuned by an electric field applied parallel to the carbon line. Similar effects were found when either an armchair or zigzag line of carbon was introduced.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1998 - 2015
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2012
ISSN
1098-0121 [print]
1550-235X [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVB.86.195433
Volume/pages
86 :19 (2012) , p. 1-8
Article Reference
195433
ISI
000311694200006
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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