Definitive band gaps for single-wall carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2946-2950

  Matsuda, Yuki ^a   Tahir Kheli, Jamil ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; BAND GAPS; EFFECTIVE MASS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; QUANTUM THEORY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77957929236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100889u     Document Type: Article

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