Electric field effect on (6,0) zigzag single-walled aluminum nitride nanotube

A DFT study on the central-ring doped HBC nanographenes

Nanographenes (NGs) are a segment of graphene whose dangling bonds are saturated with hydrogen atoms, introducing different properties and promising applications. Here we investigate the electronic, thermodynamic, optical, and structural properties of four C₃₆X₃Y₃H₁₈ NGs (X=B, and Al; and Y=N, and P) based on the density functional theory calculations. It was mainly found that 1) BN-NG is planar molecule and the others are buckybowl-shaped ones, 2) The bowl-to-bowl inversion Gibbs free energies (ΔG^#) of buckybowl shaped NGs are very huge and the rate constant is very small, hindering the inversion, 3) The relative energetic stability order based on the standard enthalpy of formation (ΔH_f^°) is as BN>AlN>BP>AlP, which the BN, and AlN doped NGs are stable at room temperature but the BP and AlP doped ones are instable, 4) The electrical conductivity order of magnitude is inverse of that of stability, 5) An exciton binding energy is predicted in the range of 0.57-0.75eV for the NGs which corresponds to Frenkel exciton type, 6) the NGs are not soluble in organic solvent in agreement with the experimental results and is partially soluble in water solvent with Gibbs free energy of solvation (ΔG_solv) in the range of -6.1 to -10.1kcal/mol.

Electric-field-induced structural and electronic changes and decomposition of an energetic complex: a computational study on zinc carbohydrazide perchlorate crystals

The effects of electric field on the structure and decomposition mechanism of an energetic transition metal complex were theoretically studied for the first time.

First-principles study of electric field effects on the structure, decomposition mechanism, and stability of crystalline lead styphnate

The electric field effects on the structure, decomposition mechanism, and stability of crystalline lead styphnate have been studied using density functional theory. The results indicate that the influence of external electric field on the crystal structure is anisotropic. The electric field effects on the distance of the Pb-O ionic interactions are stronger than those on the covalent interactions. However, the changes of most structural parameters are not monotonically dependent on the increased electric field. This reveals that lead styphnate can undergo a phase transition upon the external electric field. When the applied field is increased to 0.003 a.u., the effective band gap and total density of states vary evidently. And the Franz-Keldysh effect yields larger influence on the band gap than the structural change induced by external electric field. Furthermore, lead styphnate has different initial decomposition reactions in the presence and absence of the electric field. Finally, we find that its sensitivity becomes more and more sensitive with the increasing electric field.

Electric field effect on the zigzag (6,0) single-wall BC2N nanotube for use in nano-electronic circuits

We have analyzed the effect of external electric field on the zigzag (6,0) single-wall BC2N nanotube using density functional theory calculations. Analysis of the structural parameters indicates that the nanotube is resistant against the external electric field strengths. Analysis of the electronic structure of the nanotube indicates that the applied parallel electric field strengths have a much stronger interaction with the nanotube with respect to the transverse electric field strengths and the nanotube is easier to modulate by the applied parallel electric field. Our results show that the properties of the nanotube can be controlled by the proper external electric field for use in nano-electronic circuits.