Static dielectric response and Born effective charge of BN nanotubes from {\it ab initio} finite electric field calculations

Details Static dielectric response and Born effective charge of BN nanotubes from {\it ab initio} finite electric field calculations Static dielectric response and Born effective charge of BN nanotubes from {\it ab initio} finite electric field calculations

2007-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702521v1

Phys. Rev. B 75, 245403 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.75.245403

{\it Ab initio} investigations of the full static dielectric response and Born effective charge of BN nanotubes (BN-NTs) have been performed for the first time using finite electric field method. It is found that the ionic contribution to the static dielectric response of BN-NTs is substantial and also that a pronounced chirality-dependent oscillation is superimposed on the otherwise linear relation between the longitudinal electric polarizability and the tube diameter ($D$), as for a thin dielectric cylinderical shell. In contrast, the transverse dielectric response of the BN-NTs resemble the behavior of a thin (non-ideal) conducting cylindrical shell of a diameter of $D+4$\AA$ $, with a screening factor of 2 for the inner electric field. The medium principal component $Z_y^*$ of the Born effective charge corresponding to the transverse atomic displacement tangential to the BN-NT surface, has a pronounced $D$-dependence (but independent of chirality), while the large longitudinal component $Z_z^*$ exhibits a clear chirality dependence (but nearly $D$-independent), suggesting a powerful way to characterize the diameter and chirality of a BN-NT.

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