Do stone-wales defects alter the magnetic and transport properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 22232-22241

  Wu, Jianhua ^a   Hagelberg, Frank ^c   Dinadayalane, Tandabany C ^b   Leszczynska, Danuta ^a,b   Leszczynski, Jerzy ^b  

^a Department of Physics Atmospheric Sciences and Geoscience ^*  (United States)

^b Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTIVITY; EDGE SITES; GEOMETRIC CHANGES; MAGNETIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; STABILIZATION ENERGY; STONE-WALES DEFECTS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; TUBE LENGTH;

DEFECT DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEFECTS;

EID: 80955149304     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp207510n     Document Type: Article

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