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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
The energetics, geometrical, and electronic properties of the silicon carbon fullerene-based materials, obtained from C(60) by replacing 12 carbon atoms of the C(60) cage with silicon atoms, are studied based on ab initio calculations. We have found that, of the two C(48)Si(12) isomers obtained, the one with the carbon atoms and the silicon atoms located in separated region, i.e., with a phase-separated structure is more stable. Fullerene-based C(36)Si(24) cluster, C(36)Si(24)-C(36)Si(24) dimer, and the nanotube constructed from the clusters are then studied. The calculations on the electronic properties of these silicon carbon fullerene-based nanomaterials demonstrate that the energy gaps are greatly modified and show a decreasing trend with increasing the size of the clusters. The silicon carbon fullerene-based nanotube has a narrow and direct energy band gap, implying that it is a narrow gap semiconductor and may be a promising candidate for optoelectronic devices.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154719
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
From pure C(60) to silicon carbon fullerene-based nanotube: an ab initio study.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Physics and Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China. lijiling@mail.sdu.edu.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article