Edge Stability of BN sheets and Its Application for Designing Hybrid BNC Structures

Details Edge Stability of BN sheets and Its Application for Designing Hybrid BNC Structures Edge Stability of BN sheets and Its Application for Designing Hybrid BNC Structures

2010-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/1011.6010v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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First-principles investigations on the edge energies and edge stresses of single-layer hexagonal boron-nitride (BN) are presented. The armchair edges of BN nanoribbons (BNNRs) are more stable in energy than zigzag ones. Armchair BNNRs are under compressive edge stress while zigzag BNNRs are under tensile edge stress. The intrinsic spin-polarization and edge saturation play important roles in modulating the edge stability of BNNRs. The edge energy difference between BN and graphene could be used to guide the design of the specific hybrid BNC structures: in an armchair BNC nanoribbon (BNCNR), BN domains are expected to grow outside of C domains, while the opposite occurs in a zigzag BNCNR. More importantly, armchair BNCNRs can reproduce unique electronic properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), which are expected to be robust against edge functionalization or disorder. Within certain C/BN ratio, zigzag BNCNRs may exhibit intrinsic half-metallicity without any external constraints. These unexpected electronic properties of BNCNRs may offer unique opportunities to develop nanoscale electronics and spintronics beyond individual graphene and BN. Generally, these principles for designing BNC could be extended to other hybrid nanostructures.

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