Axial strain and twist-induced changes in the electronic structure of carbon nanotubes

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2250-2256

  Wang, Shaofeng ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Wu, Xiaozhi ^a   Zhang, Huili ^a   Liu, Ruiping ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Band structure; Generalized honeycomb lattice; Hopping amplitudes; Metric tensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; AXIAL STRAIN; BAND GAPS; CHIRAL INDEX; CHIRAL NANOTUBE; CURVATURE TENSORS; ENERGY BAND; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; HOPPING AMPLITUDE; IN-BAND; METRIC TENSOR; TIGHT BINDING MODEL; ZIGZAG TUBES;

BAND STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; TENSORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955303528     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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