Nanowires: Proceedings Of The Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Nanowires, NATO Advanced Science Institutes, Ed. P.A. Serena and N. García, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands p. 133 - 142 (1997)

Electronic and Doping Properties of B_x C_y N_z Nanotubes

A. Rubio

Theoretical studies of the electronic and structural properties of B_x C_y N_z nanotubes are presented. Nanotubes of BN, BC₃ and BC₂N are predicted to form and have very different properties from those of carbon. BN nanotubes are constant band-gap insulator with a novel free electron state as conduction band minimum and behave as non interacting host for metal nanowires. The conductivity of this metal-tubules is through carriers located at the inner part of the tube. In contrast, C-nanotubes presents two types of interactions: charge-transfer (dominant for alcali atoms) and leads to strong binding and hybridization (for multivalence atoms) resulting in smaller cohesion. New electronic properties related to the low-dimensionality of this nanowires are analyzed. For C-tubes we discuss the quantum finite-size and capping effects in the electronic properties.

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9780792346272

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Proceedings Of The Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Nanowires, Miraflores De La Sierra, Madrid, Spain, September 23. (Read it at Google Books)