TY - JOUR
T1 - Atomic strings of group IV, III-V, and II-VI elements
AU - Tongay, S.
AU - Durgun, E.
AU - Ciraci, S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/12/20
Y1 - 2004/12/20
N2 - A systematic first-principles study of atomic strings made by group IV, III-V, and II-VI elements has revealed interesting mechanical, electronic, and transport properties. The double bond structure underlies their unusual properties. We found that linear chain of C, Si, Ge, SiGe, GaAs, InSb, and CdTe are stable and good conductor, although their parent diamond (zincblende) crystals are covalent (polar) semiconductors but, compounds SiC, BN, AlP, and ZnSe are semiconductors. First row elements do not form zigzag structures.
AB - A systematic first-principles study of atomic strings made by group IV, III-V, and II-VI elements has revealed interesting mechanical, electronic, and transport properties. The double bond structure underlies their unusual properties. We found that linear chain of C, Si, Ge, SiGe, GaAs, InSb, and CdTe are stable and good conductor, although their parent diamond (zincblende) crystals are covalent (polar) semiconductors but, compounds SiC, BN, AlP, and ZnSe are semiconductors. First row elements do not form zigzag structures.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.1839647
DO - 10.1063/1.1839647
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20444465702
VL - 85
SP - 6179
EP - 6181
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 0003-6951
IS - 25
ER -