Quantification of curvature effects in boron and carbon nanotubes: Band structures and ballistic current

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Bezugly, Viktor ^a,b   Eckert, Hagen ^a   Kunstmann, Jens ^a,c   Kemmerich, Felix ^a   Meskine, Hakim ^d   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879020708     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.245409     Document Type: Article

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