Abstract
Planar and nanotubular structures that are based on boron and nitrogen and consist of tetragons, hexagons, and octagons are considered. By analogy with carbon nanoobjects of the same topology, these structures are referred to as Haeckelites. The geometric, electronic, and energy properties are thoroughly investigated for two variants of the regular mutual arrangement of the polygons. It is established that planar and nanotubular BN structures of the Haeckelite type are dielectrics with a band gap Eg ∼ 3.2–4.2 eV, which is less than the band gap Eg for BN nanotubes consisting only of hexagons. The cohesive energy of the BN nanotubes under investigation exceeds the cohesive energy of BN hexagonal nanotubes by 0.3 eV/atom.
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