We perform comprehensive density functional theory calculations of strain effect on electronic structure of black phosphorus(BP) and on BP nanoribbons. Both uniaxial and biaxial strain are applied, and the dramatic ...We perform comprehensive density functional theory calculations of strain effect on electronic structure of black phosphorus(BP) and on BP nanoribbons. Both uniaxial and biaxial strain are applied, and the dramatic change of BP's band structure is observed. Under 0-8% uniaxial strain, the band gap can be modulated in the range of 0.55-1.06 eV, and a direct-indirect band gap transition causes strain over 4% in the y direction. Under 0-8% biaxial strain, the band gap can be modulated in the range of 0.35-1.09 eV, and the band gap maintains directly.Applying strain to BP nanoribbon, the band gap value reduces or enlarges markedly either zigzag nanoribbon or armchair nanoribbon. Analyzing the orbital composition and using a tight-binding model we ascribe this band gap behavior to the competition between effects of different bond lengths on band gap. These results would enhance our understanding on strain effects on properties of BP and phosphorene nanoribbon.展开更多
Density functional theory(DFT)and tight binding(TB)models have been used to study systems containing single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNTs)and metal clusters that are of relevance to SWNT growth and regrowth.In particu...Density functional theory(DFT)and tight binding(TB)models have been used to study systems containing single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNTs)and metal clusters that are of relevance to SWNT growth and regrowth.In particular,TB-based Monte Carlo(TBMC)simulations at 1000 or 1500 K show that Ni atoms that are initially on the surface of the SWNT or that are clustered near the SWNT end diffuse to the nanotube end so that virtually none of the Ni atoms are located inside the nanotube.This occurs,in part,due to the lowering of the Ni atom energies when they retract from the SWNT to the interior of the cluster.Aggregation of the atoms at the SWNT end does not change the chirality within the simulation time,which supports the application of SWNT regrowth(seeded growth)as a potential route for chirality-controlled SWNT production.DFT-based geometry optimisation and direct dynamics at 2000 K show that Cr and Mo atoms in Cr5Co50 and Mo5Co50 clusters prefer to be distributed in the interior of the clusters.Extension of these calculations should deepen our understanding of the role of the various alloy components in SWNT growth.展开更多
The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge ...The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge n ( n =2—20). A complete agreement with available ab initio results from the lowest energy structures for Ge 2—Ge 6 was obtained and reasonable structures for these clusters were predicted and compared with those of corresponding silicon clusters in the range of n =7—20 . The averaged discrepancy with experiments in binding energies for n =2—7 is about 6% and the calculated electron affinities agree well with the measured values in the range of n =2—8 as well.展开更多
Collision between C60 — and Hatom areinvestigatedbytight binding molecular dynamicssimu lation . When Hatom with kineticenergy 5eVhitthecenter of a six membered ring of C60 — , or with kineticenergy 6ev hi...Collision between C60 — and Hatom areinvestigatedbytight binding molecular dynamicssimu lation . When Hatom with kineticenergy 5eVhitthecenter of a six membered ring of C60 — , or with kineticenergy 6ev hitsthecenterofa five memberedring of C60 , H@ C60 iscreated. Ifthekineticenergyislower,the Hatom staysoutside, and C60 is deformed bytheshock.展开更多
Tight binding molecular dynamicsand simulated annealingtechniquesareemployed tostudythestructuralpropertiesofsilicon clusterscontaining 2 14 atoms.Itisfoundthatour results for Si2 Si6 agree well with thoseobtained...Tight binding molecular dynamicsand simulated annealingtechniquesareemployed tostudythestructuralpropertiesofsilicon clusterscontaining 2 14 atoms.Itisfoundthatour results for Si2 Si6 agree well with thoseobtained using abinitiotechniques. Further Si cluster re search which givethesignificantprediction hasbeen made.展开更多
An accurate total energy calculation is essential in materials computation.To date,many tight-binding(TB)approaches based on parameterized hopping can produce electronic structures comparable to those obtained using f...An accurate total energy calculation is essential in materials computation.To date,many tight-binding(TB)approaches based on parameterized hopping can produce electronic structures comparable to those obtained using first-principles calculations.However,TB approaches still have limited applicability for determining material properties derived from the total energy.That is,the predictive power of the TB total energy is impaired by an inaccurate evaluation of the repulsive energy.The complexity associated with the parametrization of TB repulsive potentials is the weak link in this evaluation.In this study,we propose a new method for obtaining the pairwise TB repulsive potential for crystalline materials by employing the Chen-Möbius inversion theorem.We show that the TB-based phonon dispersions,calculated using the resulting repulsive potential,compare well with those obtained by first-principles calculations for various systems,including covalent and ionic bulk materials and twodimensional materials.The present approach only requires the first-principles total energy and TB electronic band energy as input and does not involve any parameters.This striking feature enables us to generate repulsive potentials programmatically.展开更多
The electrical characteristics of a double-gate armchair silicene nanoribbon field-effect-transistor (DG ASiNR FET) are thoroughly investigated by using a ballistic quantum transport model based on non-equilibrium G...The electrical characteristics of a double-gate armchair silicene nanoribbon field-effect-transistor (DG ASiNR FET) are thoroughly investigated by using a ballistic quantum transport model based on non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach self-consistently coupled with a three-dimensional (3D) Poisson equation. We evaluate the influence of variation in uniaxial tensile strain, ribbon temperature and oxide thickness on the on-off current ratio, subthreshold swing, transconductance and the delay time of a 12-nm-length ultranarrow ASiNR FET. A novel two-parameter strain mag- nitude and temperature-dependent model is presented for designing an optimized device possessing balanced amelioration of all the electrical parameters. We demonstrate that employing HfO2 as the gate insulator can be a favorable choice and simultaneous use of it with proper combination of temperature and strain magnitude can achieve better device performance. Furthermore, a general model power (GMP) is derived which explicitly provides the electron effective mass as a function of the bandgap of a hydrogen passivated ASiNR under strain.展开更多
We have developed a π-orbital tight-binding Hamiltonian model taking into account the nearest neighbors to study the effect of antidot lattices(two dimensional honeycomb lattice of atoms including holes) on the band ...We have developed a π-orbital tight-binding Hamiltonian model taking into account the nearest neighbors to study the effect of antidot lattices(two dimensional honeycomb lattice of atoms including holes) on the band structure of silicene and silicon carbide(SiC) sheets. We obtained that the band structure of the silicene antidot superlattice strongly depends on the size of embedded holes, and the band gap of the silicene antidot lattice increases by increasing of holes diameter. The band gap of SiC antidot lattice, except for the lattice of the small unit cell, is independent of the holes diameter and also depends on the distance between holes. We obtained that, the band gap of the SiC antidot lattice is the same as the band gap of the corresponding sheet without hole. Also, the electronic properties of the SiC antidot superlattice occupied either by carbon or by silicon atoms are investigated,numerically. Furthermore, we study the effect of occupation of graphene antidot by Si atoms and vice versa. Also,we have calculated the band structure of graphene and silicene antidot lattice filled by Si + C atoms. Finally, we compute the band structure of the SiC antidot lattice including the holes which are filled by C or by Si atoms.Really, in this paper we have generalized the method of paperabout graphene antidot with empty holes to the cases of filled holes by different atoms and also to the case of silicene and silicon carbide antidot lattices.展开更多
Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots(QDs)constitute a perfect material for ink-jet printable large area displays,photovoltaics,light-emitting diode,bio-imaging luminescent markers and many other applications.For this ...Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots(QDs)constitute a perfect material for ink-jet printable large area displays,photovoltaics,light-emitting diode,bio-imaging luminescent markers and many other applications.For this purpose,efficient light emission/absorption and spectral tunability are necessary conditions.These are currently fulfilled by the direct bandgap materials.Si-QDs could offer the solution to major hurdles posed by these materials,namely,toxicity(e.g.,Cd-,Pb-or As-based QDs),scarcity(e.g.,QD with In,Se,Te)and/or instability.Here we show that by combining quantum confinement with dedicated surface engineering,the biggest drawback of Si—the indirect bandgap nature—can be overcome,and a‘direct bandgap’variety of Si-QDs is created.We demonstrate this transformation on chemically synthesized Si-QDs using state-of-the-art optical spectroscopy and theoretical modelling.The carbon surface termination gives rise to drastic modification in electron and hole wavefunctions and radiative transitions between the lowest excited states of electron and hole attain‘direct bandgap-like’(phonon-less)character.This results in efficient fast emission,tunable within the visible spectral range by QD size.These findings are fully justified within a tight-binding theoretical model.When the C surface termination is replaced by oxygen,the emission is converted into the well-known red luminescence,with microsecond decay and limited spectral tunability.In that way,the‘direct bandgap’Si-QDs convert into the‘traditional’indirect bandgap form,thoroughly investigated in the past.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51572219 and 11447030the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province of China under Grant Nos 2014JM2-1008 and 2015JM1018the State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics Technology 2015 Annual Open Fund under Grant No SKLST200915
文摘We perform comprehensive density functional theory calculations of strain effect on electronic structure of black phosphorus(BP) and on BP nanoribbons. Both uniaxial and biaxial strain are applied, and the dramatic change of BP's band structure is observed. Under 0-8% uniaxial strain, the band gap can be modulated in the range of 0.55-1.06 eV, and a direct-indirect band gap transition causes strain over 4% in the y direction. Under 0-8% biaxial strain, the band gap can be modulated in the range of 0.35-1.09 eV, and the band gap maintains directly.Applying strain to BP nanoribbon, the band gap value reduces or enlarges markedly either zigzag nanoribbon or armchair nanoribbon. Analyzing the orbital composition and using a tight-binding model we ascribe this band gap behavior to the competition between effects of different bond lengths on band gap. These results would enhance our understanding on strain effects on properties of BP and phosphorene nanoribbon.
基金The calculations were performed on C3SE computing resources and the Swedish National Supercomputing facilities.Financial support was obtained from the Swedish Research Council,the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research(CARAMEL consortium),and University of Gothenburg Nanoparticle Platform
文摘Density functional theory(DFT)and tight binding(TB)models have been used to study systems containing single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNTs)and metal clusters that are of relevance to SWNT growth and regrowth.In particular,TB-based Monte Carlo(TBMC)simulations at 1000 or 1500 K show that Ni atoms that are initially on the surface of the SWNT or that are clustered near the SWNT end diffuse to the nanotube end so that virtually none of the Ni atoms are located inside the nanotube.This occurs,in part,due to the lowering of the Ni atom energies when they retract from the SWNT to the interior of the cluster.Aggregation of the atoms at the SWNT end does not change the chirality within the simulation time,which supports the application of SWNT regrowth(seeded growth)as a potential route for chirality-controlled SWNT production.DFT-based geometry optimisation and direct dynamics at 2000 K show that Cr and Mo atoms in Cr5Co50 and Mo5Co50 clusters prefer to be distributed in the interior of the clusters.Extension of these calculations should deepen our understanding of the role of the various alloy components in SWNT growth.
文摘The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge n ( n =2—20). A complete agreement with available ab initio results from the lowest energy structures for Ge 2—Ge 6 was obtained and reasonable structures for these clusters were predicted and compared with those of corresponding silicon clusters in the range of n =7—20 . The averaged discrepancy with experiments in binding energies for n =2—7 is about 6% and the calculated electron affinities agree well with the measured values in the range of n =2—8 as well.
文摘Collision between C60 — and Hatom areinvestigatedbytight binding molecular dynamicssimu lation . When Hatom with kineticenergy 5eVhitthecenter of a six membered ring of C60 — , or with kineticenergy 6ev hitsthecenterofa five memberedring of C60 , H@ C60 iscreated. Ifthekineticenergyislower,the Hatom staysoutside, and C60 is deformed bytheshock.
文摘Tight binding molecular dynamicsand simulated annealingtechniquesareemployed tostudythestructuralpropertiesofsilicon clusterscontaining 2 14 atoms.Itisfoundthatour results for Si2 Si6 agree well with thoseobtained using abinitiotechniques. Further Si cluster re search which givethesignificantprediction hasbeen made.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12274035,and 11874088)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘An accurate total energy calculation is essential in materials computation.To date,many tight-binding(TB)approaches based on parameterized hopping can produce electronic structures comparable to those obtained using first-principles calculations.However,TB approaches still have limited applicability for determining material properties derived from the total energy.That is,the predictive power of the TB total energy is impaired by an inaccurate evaluation of the repulsive energy.The complexity associated with the parametrization of TB repulsive potentials is the weak link in this evaluation.In this study,we propose a new method for obtaining the pairwise TB repulsive potential for crystalline materials by employing the Chen-Möbius inversion theorem.We show that the TB-based phonon dispersions,calculated using the resulting repulsive potential,compare well with those obtained by first-principles calculations for various systems,including covalent and ionic bulk materials and twodimensional materials.The present approach only requires the first-principles total energy and TB electronic band energy as input and does not involve any parameters.This striking feature enables us to generate repulsive potentials programmatically.
文摘The electrical characteristics of a double-gate armchair silicene nanoribbon field-effect-transistor (DG ASiNR FET) are thoroughly investigated by using a ballistic quantum transport model based on non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach self-consistently coupled with a three-dimensional (3D) Poisson equation. We evaluate the influence of variation in uniaxial tensile strain, ribbon temperature and oxide thickness on the on-off current ratio, subthreshold swing, transconductance and the delay time of a 12-nm-length ultranarrow ASiNR FET. A novel two-parameter strain mag- nitude and temperature-dependent model is presented for designing an optimized device possessing balanced amelioration of all the electrical parameters. We demonstrate that employing HfO2 as the gate insulator can be a favorable choice and simultaneous use of it with proper combination of temperature and strain magnitude can achieve better device performance. Furthermore, a general model power (GMP) is derived which explicitly provides the electron effective mass as a function of the bandgap of a hydrogen passivated ASiNR under strain.
文摘We have developed a π-orbital tight-binding Hamiltonian model taking into account the nearest neighbors to study the effect of antidot lattices(two dimensional honeycomb lattice of atoms including holes) on the band structure of silicene and silicon carbide(SiC) sheets. We obtained that the band structure of the silicene antidot superlattice strongly depends on the size of embedded holes, and the band gap of the silicene antidot lattice increases by increasing of holes diameter. The band gap of SiC antidot lattice, except for the lattice of the small unit cell, is independent of the holes diameter and also depends on the distance between holes. We obtained that, the band gap of the SiC antidot lattice is the same as the band gap of the corresponding sheet without hole. Also, the electronic properties of the SiC antidot superlattice occupied either by carbon or by silicon atoms are investigated,numerically. Furthermore, we study the effect of occupation of graphene antidot by Si atoms and vice versa. Also,we have calculated the band structure of graphene and silicene antidot lattice filled by Si + C atoms. Finally, we compute the band structure of the SiC antidot lattice including the holes which are filled by C or by Si atoms.Really, in this paper we have generalized the method of paperabout graphene antidot with empty holes to the cases of filled holes by different atoms and also to the case of silicene and silicon carbide antidot lattices.
基金This work was financially supported by Stichting der Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie and Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen.Part of this work(CPU,JMJP andHZ)was financed by the Dutch Polymer Institute for funding of UCin Functional Polymer Systemsproject no.681,and(ANP andAAP)Russian Foundation for Basic Research and‘Dynasty’-Foundation of International Center for Fundamental Physics in Moscow.
文摘Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots(QDs)constitute a perfect material for ink-jet printable large area displays,photovoltaics,light-emitting diode,bio-imaging luminescent markers and many other applications.For this purpose,efficient light emission/absorption and spectral tunability are necessary conditions.These are currently fulfilled by the direct bandgap materials.Si-QDs could offer the solution to major hurdles posed by these materials,namely,toxicity(e.g.,Cd-,Pb-or As-based QDs),scarcity(e.g.,QD with In,Se,Te)and/or instability.Here we show that by combining quantum confinement with dedicated surface engineering,the biggest drawback of Si—the indirect bandgap nature—can be overcome,and a‘direct bandgap’variety of Si-QDs is created.We demonstrate this transformation on chemically synthesized Si-QDs using state-of-the-art optical spectroscopy and theoretical modelling.The carbon surface termination gives rise to drastic modification in electron and hole wavefunctions and radiative transitions between the lowest excited states of electron and hole attain‘direct bandgap-like’(phonon-less)character.This results in efficient fast emission,tunable within the visible spectral range by QD size.These findings are fully justified within a tight-binding theoretical model.When the C surface termination is replaced by oxygen,the emission is converted into the well-known red luminescence,with microsecond decay and limited spectral tunability.In that way,the‘direct bandgap’Si-QDs convert into the‘traditional’indirect bandgap form,thoroughly investigated in the past.