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Band-gap modulations of armchair silicene nanoribbons by transverse electric fields

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Under external transverse electronic fields, the structure and electronic properties of the silicene nanoribbon with armchair edge (ASiNR) are studied. We find that the electric properties are modified by a transverse electric field. As affected by a transverse electric field, the band gap varies with increasing absolute value of the field strength. All the results can be explained using the Stark quadratic effect.

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    Yu-Ling Song, Shuai Zhang, Dao-Bang Lu, Hai-ru Xu, Zhuo Wang, Yu Zhang & Zhi-Wen Lu

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Song, YL., Zhang, S., Lu, DB. et al. Band-gap modulations of armchair silicene nanoribbons by transverse electric fields. Eur. Phys. J. B 86, 488 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2013-31078-4

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