Band-gap modulations of double-walled carbon nanotubes under an axial magnetic field

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1905-1910

  Latge A ^a   Grimm, D ^a,b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; CONDUCTANCE GAP MODULATIONS; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERSHELL INTERACTIONS;

ENERGY GAP; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34447574640     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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