First-principles calculation of the electronic structure and energy loss near edge spectra of chiral carbon nanotubes

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 486-491

  Bertoni, G ^a,b   Calmels, L ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

band structure; Carbon nanotubes; chiral nanotubes; density of states; ELNES

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; CHELATION; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CHIRAL NANOTUBES; DENSITY OF STATES; ELNES; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LDA);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33746871815     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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