Metal-Boron Nanotubes
Materials Science
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Nanotubular materials inspired by crystalline diborides such as AlB_2 are proposed. The atomic structure, in particular the basic chemical question of where to put Al atoms in order to stabilize nanotubular Al-B systems, is investigated using density-functional calculations for prototype systems. The optimized tubular prototypes are found to be competitive in energy with their bulk crystalline counterparts. All of the tubular Al-B systems investigated are calculated to be metallic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103141,
title = {Metal-Boron Nanotubes},
author = {Alexander Quandt and Amy Y. Liu and Ihsan Boustani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103141},
year = {2007}
}