Effects of various defects on the electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes: A first principle study

Frontiers of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-209

  Zhou, Qing Xiao ^a,b   Wang, Chao Yang ^b   Fu, Zhi Bing ^b   Tang, Yong Jian ^b   Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; defect; density functional theory; electronic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897482248     PISSN: 20950462     EISSN: 20950470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11467-013-0409-6     Document Type: Article

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