Ab initio study of temperature, humidity, and covalent functionalization-induced bandgap change of single-walled carbon nanotubes

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 606-608

  Chen, Xian Ping ^a,b   Yang, Ning ^b   Jiang, Jun Ke ^b   Liang, Qiu Hua ^b   Yang, Dao Guo ^b   Zhang, Guo Qi ^c   Ren, Tian Ling ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

covalent functionalization; DFT; electronic properties; SWCNTs

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON; DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); YARN;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; DFT; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY EFFECTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); SWCNTS; WATER ADSORPTION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84930505256     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2015.2425046     Document Type: Article

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