Quasiparticle and excitonic effects in the optical response of nanotubes and nanoribbons

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2008, Pages 195-227

  Spataru, Catalin D ^a   Ismail Beigi, Sohrab ^b   Capaz, Rodrigo B ^c,d   Louie, Steven G ^e,f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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