Structural and electronic properties of fluorinated boron nitride nanotubes.
The effects of F doping on the structural and electronic properties of the (5, 5) single-walled boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) are investigated by using the density functional theory method. The chemiadsorption of F maintains the hexagonal BN network, increases the lattice constant, and introduces acceptor impurity states. On the other hand, substitutional doping of F destroys the hexagonal BN network, decreases the lattice constant, but does not alter the insulating feature of the BNNT. The observed insulator-to-semiconducting transition, a lattice contraction, and a highly disordered atom arrangement in the sidewall of BNNTs upon F doping appear to be most reasonably attributed to a codoping of dominating substitutional F over chemiabsorbed F, which can induce deep donor impurity states, a lattice contraction, and a destruction of the hexagonal BN network simultaneously.
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Lin
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Mesoscopic Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
Song
Wei
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Lu
Jing
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Gao
Zhengxiang
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Nagase
Shigeru
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Ni
Ming
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Mei
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Liu
Jianjun
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Yu
Dapeng
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Ye
Hengqiang
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