Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted tremendous research interest since the
breakthrough of graphene. Their unique optical, electronic, and mechanical properties hold …

Benefiting from high thermal storage density, wide temperature regulation range,
operational simplicity, and economic feasibility, latent heat-based thermal energy storage …

Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) has similar tubular nanostructure as carbon nanotube (CNT)
in which boron and nitrogen atoms arranged in a hexagonal network. Owing to the unique …

This article reviews the electronic and transport properties of carbon nanotubes. The focus is
mainly theoretical, but when appropriate the relation with experimental results is mentioned …

The current status of research on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)—carbon nanotube
structural analogues—is discussed. Latest achievements in BNNT synthesis, morphology …

This article presents an overview of the up-to-date developments in boron nitride nanotubes
(BNNTs), including theory, fabrication, structure, physical properties, chemical …

The recent discovery of magnetism in atomically thin layers of van der Waals crystals has
created great opportunities for exploring light–matter interactions and magneto-optical …

The all-electron GW approximation energy band gap of bulk hexagonal boron nitride is
shown to be of indirect type. The resulting computed in-plane polarized optical spectrum …

We show that the optical absorption spectra of boron nitride (BN) nanotubes are dominated
by strongly bound excitons. Our first-principles calculations indicate that the binding energy …

Single-wall boron nitride nanotubes samples synthesized by laser vaporization of a
hexagonal BN target under a nitrogen atmosphere are studied by UV and visible Raman …