First-principles studies on electronic structures, transverse polarizability, and shielding of two coaxial hybrid double-walled nanotubes consisting of carbon nanotube (CNT) and boron nitride nanotube (BNNT), namely CNT@BNNT and BNNT@CNT, are conducted. The interaction between inner and outer tubes is considerably weak. The polarizability of single-walled CNT is larger than that of single-walled BNNT due to the different electronic properties. In BNNT@CNT, the outer CNT with delocalized π-electrons character demonstrates a nearly complete shielding with the order of 90% of the inner BNNT from the transverse external electric field, while the outer BNNT has a relative small shielding of about 40% for the inner CNT in CNT@BNNT system. Moreover, the shielding of the outer tube can be appreciably enhanced by increasing the intertube separation.
Tuning electronic properties of silicane layers by tensile strain and external electric field: A first-principles study
