Bend-induced insulating gap in carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1614011-1614014

  Chibotaru, L F ^a   Bovin, S A ^a   Ceulemans, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0037110074     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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