supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China("973"program)(Grant Nos.2013CB932604,2012CB933403);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.91023026);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant NosNP2013309,NS2012043);Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds(Grant No.1302015B);the NUAA Research Initiative for New Stuff(Grant No.1011-YAH13042)
Spine is the sharpest and hardest part of many plants, which contains highly aligned fiber cells. Here, we report the micro- structures and mechanical properties as well as their correlation of single spine fiber cel...
supported by the 973 Program(2012CB933403 and 2013CB932604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11172124 and 91023026);Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation(BK2011722);MOE doctoral discipline Foundation(20113218120033);China and Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2012T50494,20110490132 and 1002015B);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NS2012067);supported by the National Science Foundation(CMMI and NIRT);the U.S.Army Research Office MURI(W911NF-11-1-0362)
We report on a first-principles study of a novel band modulation in zigzag double-walled boron nitride nan- otubes (DBNNTs) by applying radial strain and coupled ex- ternal electric field. We show that the band alig...