Mechanisms of post-synthesis doping of boron-nitride nanostructures with carbon from first-principles simulations
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2011
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en
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1-4
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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Volume 107, issue 3
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Electron-beam-mediated postsynthesis doping of boron-nitride nanostructures with carbon atoms [Nature (London) 464, 571 (2010); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 13 692 (2010)] was recently demonstrated, thus opening a new way to control the electronic properties of these systems. Using density-functional theory static and dynamic calculations, we show that the substitution process is governed not only by the response of such systems to irradiation, but also by the energetics of the atomic configurations, especially when the system is electrically charged. We suggest using spatially localized electron irradiation for making carbon islands and ribbons embedded into BN sheets. We further study the magnetic and electronic properties of such hybrid nanostructures and show that triangular carbon islands embedded into BN sheets possess magnetic moments, which can be switched on and off by electrically charging the structure.Description
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Berseneva , N , Krasheninnikov , A V & Nieminen , R M 2011 , ' Mechanisms of post-synthesis doping of boron-nitride nanostructures with carbon from first-principles simulations ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 107 , no. 3 , 035501 , pp. 1-4 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.035501