| Issue |
EPL
Volume 86, Number 4, May 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 46002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/86/46002 | |
| Published online | 27 May 2009 | |
Divacancies in graphitic boron nitride sheets
Key Laboratory of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University Lanzhou 730000, PRC
Corresponding author: xueds@lzu.edu.cn
Received:
30
January
2009
Accepted:
22
April
2009
Spin-polarized density functional theory has been used to study the properties of seven kinds of divacancies in graphitic boron nitride sheets. We find that some divacancies are magnetic and the symmetry of the sheets is broken by the distortion of atoms which are close to the vacancies. According to the formation energies, the neighboring boron and nitrogen vacancy pair is the most likely to form. Our calculations demonstrate that the divacancies can induce fundamental changes in the electronic properties of the sheet, making semiconducting–to–half-metallic transitions occur. The results can be used to customize the spintronics devices.
PACS: 61.46.Fg – Nanotubes / 31.15.A- – Ab initio calculations / 68.65.-k – Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems: structure and nonelectronic properties
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