Electronic and quantum transport properties of substitutionally doped double-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1472-1477

  Lopez Bezanilla, Alejandro ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; HEXAGONAL NETWORKS; LOCAL PERTURBATION; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; QUANTUM TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; VAN DER WAALS BONDS;

EXPLOSIVES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84893082378     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410648p     Document Type: Article

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