Tunable edge bands and optical properties in black phosphorus nanoribbons under electric field*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10947004) and the Jiangsu Government Scholarship for Overseas Studies.

Liu Hong
       

(color online) The edge band structure without/with electric field in panel (a). (b) The two band gaps Δ1 and Δ2 at Г point and k = 0.5 point change with the strength of electric field for four types of distribution configurations, respectively.