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Electronic Properties of Boron-Nitride and Boron Carbonitride Nanotubes and Related Heterojunctions

  • Xavier BlaseEmail author
  • Helio Chacham
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Abstract

We review in the present chapter the electronic and optical properties of hexagonal boron-nitride and hexagonal composite boron carbonitride planar and nanotubular structures. We focus mainly on theoretical aspects, but illustrate in all situations the link with existing experimental findings. In a first part, the ­insulating nature, and the band gap stability, of boron-nitride nanotubes are shown to be related to the ionicity character of the boron-nitrogen bond. Specific ­emphasis is given to the optical properties and the related excitonic effects. In a second part, the evolution of the stability and band gap of boron carbonitride systems as a function of the degree of segregation in pure carbon or boron-nitride domains is illustrated and their potential in terms of rectifying hetero-junctions, quantum dots, or ­visible-light optoelectronics devices is emphasized.

Keywords

Density Functional Theory Graphene Sheet Excitonic Binding Energy Carbon Tube Excitonic Effect 
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Ackowledgments

X.B. acknowledges support from the French CNRS and National Agency for Research (ANR) under contract PNANO-ACCENT n° ANR-06-NANO-069-02. H.C. acknowledges support from the Brazilian agencies CNPq and FAPEMIG, and from the project Instituto do Milênio de Nanotecnologia/MCT.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut NéelCNRS and Université Joseph FourierGrenoble Cedex 09France
  2. 2.Departamento de Fisica, ICExUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil

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