Band-gap change of carbon nanotubes: effect of small uniaxial and torsional strain

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 13874-13878

  Anantram, M P ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Lu, J P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000854093     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.13874     Document Type: Article

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