Phys Chem Chem Phys
June 2022
Several borophenes have been prepared successfully, but the synthesis of boron nanotubes is still very difficult. Our results suggest that the high flexibility of borophene in combination with van der Waals interactions makes it possible to coil boron nanotubes from rippled borophenes, which is confirmed by molecular dynamics simulations. The plane structures transform into rippled structures almost without any barrier under very small compression and weak perturbations like molecular adsorption.
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