Defect-Induced Transport Enhancement in Carbon-Boron Nitride-Carbon Heteronanotube Junctions.

ABSTRACT: New heteromaterials, particularly those involving nanoscale elements such as nanotubes, have opened a wide window for the next generation of materials and devices. Here, we perform density functional theory (DFT) simulations combined with a Green's function (GF) scattering approach to investigate the electronic transport properties of defective heteronanotube junctions (hNTJs) made of (6,6) carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) as scatterer. We used the sculpturene method to form different heteronanotube junctions with various types of defects in the boron nitride part. Our results show that the defects and the curvature induced by them have a nontrivial impact on the transport properties and, interestingly, lead to an increase of the conductance of the heteronanotube

SUBMITTER: Algharagholy LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9986950 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature