Table 1 The band gap, diameter, Curie temperature TC, strain energy Estrain and radial electric field Er inward along the radius for zigzag and armchair nanotubes

From: Ferromagnetic semiconductor nanotubes with room Curie temperatures

Structure

Zigzag

Armchair

Material

Perimeter

Diameter

Gap

TC (K)

Estrain

Er

Diameter

Gap

TC (K)

Estrain

Er

 

(MX2 units)

(nm)

(eV)

 

(eV/atom)

(eV/Å)

(nm)

(eV)

 

(eV/atom)

(eV/Å)

CrS2

12

0.92

0

233

0.26

0.72

1.38

0

286

0.07

0.09

14

1.05

0.21

213

0.11

0.08

1.58

299

0.05

0.13

16

1.14

0

268

0.09

0.28

1.71

329

0.02

0.25

18

1.28

0.53*

364

0.05

0.20

1.88

275

0.02

0.14

20

1.34

0

273

0.03

0.24

2.13

232

0.02

0.01

22

1.46

280

0.03

0.13

2.34

309

0.02

0.00

24

1.51

223

0.01

0.23

2.52

247

0.01

0.00

CrTe2

12

1.08

0

322

0.17

0.32

1.58

0

375

0.11

0.16

14

1.20

437

0.14

0.27

1.78

441

0.07

0.16

16

1.31

432

0.13

0.23

1.99

323

0.04

0.15

18

1.45

0.16*

431

0.09

0.10

2.21

318

0.02

0.13

20

1.56

0

467

0.06

0.10

2.40

310

0.02

0.11

22

1.66

479

0.05

0.11

2.61

291

0.01

0.11

24

1.77

478

0.04

0.12

2.80

255

0.01

0.11

VSe2

12

1.07

0.51

44

0.27

0.50

1.46

0.11

196

0.05

0.22

14

1.64

0.17

78

0.23

0.36

1.64

0

209

0.01

0.21

16

1.24

0.68

107

0.08

0.15

1.92

21

0.03

0.01

18

1.34

0

200

0.05

0.10

2.12

25

0.01

0.01

20

1.46

128

0.04

0.14

2.32

18

0.00

0.02

22

1.57

133

0.00

0.13

2.53

15

−0.01

0.00

24

1.69

0.15

141

0.01

0.07

2.73

114 (TN)

−0.01

0.00

  1. The results are obtained by DFT calculations and Monte Carlo simulations. Most band gaps are obtained by the DFT calculation with PBE functional, except the room temperature ferromagnetic semiconductors Z-18-CrS2 and Z-18-CrTe2 marked by * obtained with HSE functional.