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FRONTIERS OF STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 486-494Publisher
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11709-018-0491-5
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2D materials; mechanical; electronic; DFT
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During the last decade, numerous high-quality two-dimensional (2D) materials with semiconducting electronic character have been synthesized. Recent experimental study (Sci. Adv. 2017;3: e1700481) nevertheless confirmed that 2D ZrSe2 and HfSe2 are among the best candidates to replace the silicon in nanoelectronics owing to their moderate band-gap. We accordingly conducted first-principles calculations to explore the mechanical and electronic responses of not only ZrSe2 and HfSe2, but also ZrS2 and HfS2 in their single-layer and free-standing form. We particularly studied the possibility of engineering of the electronic properties of these attractive 2D materials using the biaxial or uniaxial tensile loadings. The comprehensive insight provided concerning the intrinsic properties of HfS2, HfSe2, ZrS2, and ZrSe2 can be useful for their future applications in nanodevices.
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