Nanotubular Boron-Carbon Heterojunctions

TL;DR

This paper systematically constructs and analyzes linear nanotubular boron-carbon heterojunctions using ab initio calculations, revealing their structural compatibility and potential for novel nanotubular devices and materials.

Contribution

It provides a simple recipe for stable linear junctions and demonstrates the feasibility of integrating different nanotubular materials.

Findings

Structural compatibility of boron and carbon nanotubes.

A recipe for stable linear heterojunctions.

Potential for nanotubular device wiring.

Abstract

Linear nanotubular boron-carbon heterojunctions are systematically constructed and studied with the help of ab initio total energy calculations. The structural compatibility of the two classes of materials is shown, and a simple recipe that determines all types of stable linear junctions is illustrated in some detail. Our results also suggest the compatibility of various technologically interesting types of nanotubular materials, leading to novel types of nanotubular compound materials, and pointing out the possibility of wiring nanotubular devices within heterogeneous nanotubular networks.