Electromechanical effects in carbon nanotubes: Ab initio and analytical tight-binding calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Verissimo Alves, M ^a   Koiller, Belita ^a   Capaz, R B ^a,b   Chacham, H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0043284643     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.161401     Document Type: Article

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