Structure and local chemical properties of boron-terminated tetravacancies in hexagonal boron nitride

Ovidiu Cretu1, Yung-Chang Lin1, Masanori Koshino1

  • 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nanotube Research Center, Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.

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