Synergistic properties of β-Ga2O3 nanowire arrays

M.V. Naumenko; R.M. Balabai

doi:10.15330/pcss.24.1.56-63

Authors

M.V. Naumenko Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
R.M. Balabai Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.1.56-63

Keywords:

β-Ga2O3, nanowire arrays, electron density functional, ab initio pseudopotential, valence electron density distribution, electron state density distribution, Coulomb potential, synergistic properties

Abstract

Using the methods of electron density functional and ab initio pseudopotential, the spatial distributions of valence electron density, the density of electronic states and Coulomb potentials along the specified directions within the arrays of β-Ga₂O₃ nanowires with different cross-sectional shapes and positions in arrays were calculated. Synergistic properties of arrays of wires are established. The degree of influence of the wires on each other is determined depending on the geometric parameters of their mutual location in the array The electronic characteristics of the array of wires as a whole are determined.

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