Bandgap closure of a flattened semiconductor carbon nanotube: A first-principles study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1561-1563

  Mazzoni, Mário S C ^a,b   Chacham, H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000915750     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126096     Document Type: Article

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