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Electronic Structure of Fullerene Tubules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

J. W. Mintmire ,
D. H. Robertson ,
B. I. Dunlap ,
R. C. Mowrey ,
D. W. Brenner  and
C. T. White
J. W. Mintmire
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
D. H. Robertson
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
B. I. Dunlap
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
R. C. Mowrey
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
D. W. Brenner
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
C. T. White
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5000
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Abstract

Recent reports suggest that graphitic tubules with diameters on the order of fullerene diameters have been synthesized. Such small-diameter tubules should have electronic properties related to those of two-dimensional graphite. We demonstrate by comparison with results from a first-principles, self-consistent, all-electron Gaussian-orbital based local-density functional approach that an all-valence tight-binding model can be expected to give a reasonable description of the electronic states of these tubules. In analyzing both high-symmetry tubules and lower-symmetry chiral tubules, we see that a relatively high carrier density could be expected for many of these structures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 247: Symposium N – Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials , 1992 , 339
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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