@Article{CiCP-16-201,
author = {Xianhu Zha, Shuang Li, Ruiqin Zhang and Zijing Lin},
title = {Remarkable Thermal Contraction in Small Size Single-Walled Boron Nanotubes},
journal = {Communications in Computational Physics},
year = {2014},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
pages = {201--212},
abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;">Density functional theory combined with the Grüneisen approximation is
used to calculate the thermal properties of single-walled boron nanotubes (BNTs). The
specific heat and thermal expansion are investigated. The thermal expansion coefficient of the BNT is found to be significantly correlated with tube size and chirality. A
remarkable thermal contraction is found at small tube diameters. These results indicate that BNTs would have potential applications in sensors, actuators, and memory
materials.</p>},
issn = {1991-7120},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.230913.201113a},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7039.html}
}