Band gap variations in an AFM tip-deformed metallic carbon nanotube

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 331, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Fa, Wei ^a,b   Hu, Fenglan ^a   Dong, Jinming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap; Carbon nanotube; Tip deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ENERGY GAP; METALS; NANOPROBES; STRAIN;

BAND GAP VARIATION; COUPLING EFFECT; DEFORMATION EFFECTS; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSITIONS; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; STONE-WALES DEFECTS; TIGHT-BINDING APPROACHES; TIP DEFORMATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644223057     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.08.048     Document Type: Article

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