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Electronic And Structural Properties Of Silicene And Graphene Layered Structures, Patrick B. Benasutti
Electronic And Structural Properties Of Silicene And Graphene Layered Structures, Patrick B. Benasutti
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Graphene is a two-dimensional nanomaterial with useful and novel properties, but it is a material that does not integrate well with the current silicon microchip infrastructure. Silicene could solve this problem, as it is made of silicon yet retains the novel properties that make graphene desirable. This thesis will outline density functional calculations of a newly proposed structure involving the combination of these two materials. The structure includes silicene layered on graphene in such a manner that it composes a superlattice. It will be examined using the ab-initio density functional theory software Quantum Espresso.
This superlattice structure is proposed to …
Growth And Characterization Of Carbon Nanomaterials, Jay Patel
Growth And Characterization Of Carbon Nanomaterials, Jay Patel
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In this thesis, single and multi-layered graphene films were epitaxially grown on either Si-face or C-face of SiC single crystal substrates. The film growth conditions, such as decomposition temperatures and pressures, and their surface morphologies were optimized. These films were then characterized by using surface analysis tools including SEM, TEM, AFM evanescent wave microscopy and electron educed spectroscopy. In addition to studying graphene decomposed from SiC crystals, carbon nanotube material was fabricated using a floating catalyst technique. These carbon nanotube material was then studied for potential cathode applications in this thesis. Field emission properties of these cathodes was measured and …
Electronic Properties Of Silicon-Based Nanostructures, Gian Giacomo Guzman-Verri
Electronic Properties Of Silicon-Based Nanostructures, Gian Giacomo Guzman-Verri
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We have developed a new unifying tight-binding theory that can account for the electronic properties of recently proposed Si-based nanostructures, namely, Si graphene-like sheets and Si nanotubes. We considered the sp2s* and sp3 models up to first- and second-nearest neighbors, respectively. Our results show that the corresponding Si nanotubes follow the so-called Hamada's rule. Comparison to a recent ab initio calculation is made.