Abstract
Substrate and nanotube polarization are shown to qualitatively change a nanotube bandstructure. The effect is studied in a linear approximation in an external potential which causes the changes. A work function difference between the nanotube and gold surface is estimated to be large enough to break the band symmetry and lift a degeneracy of a lowest but one subband of a metallic nanotube. This subband splitting for a [10,10] nanotube is about 50 meV in absence of other external potential.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 701-705 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nano letters |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Bioengineering
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering