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Using first principles calculations, this work investigates the suitability of diamond/c-BN heterojunctions for high frequency, high power device applications. The key quantities of band offsets and interface charge polarization are…
Graphene and boron nitride (GPBN) heterostructures provide a viable way to realize tunable bandgap, promising new opportunities in graphene-based nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices. In the present study, we investigated the interplay…
Using the density functional tight binding method (DFTB) and the GFN1-xTB (Geometries, Frequencies, and Noncovalent interactions Tight Binding) Hamiltonian, we have investigated the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of vacancy…
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