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We present a detailed study of the static enhancement effects of electric charges in micron-length single-walled carbon nanotubes, using theoretically an atomic charge-dipole model and experimentally electrostatic force microscopy. We…

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We compute electrostatic fields induced deformations of cantilevered finite-length metallic carbon nanotubes, using an energy minimization method based on a charge-dipole moment interaction potential combined with an empirical many-body…

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In this letter, we demonstrate a strong dependence of the electrostatic deformation of doubly-clamped single-walled carbon nanotubes on both the field strength and the tube length, using molecular simulations. Metallic nanotubes are found…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Zhao Wang , Laetitia Philippe

Efficient and controlled charge transport in networks of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes is the basis for their application in electronic devices, especially in field-effect transistors and thermoelectrics. The recent advances…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Nicolas F. Zorn , Jana Zaumseil

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs - long tubular carbon nanostructures) belong to the best electron field emitting materials. Based on the experimentally determined electron density in the dual hot filament/DC plasma deposition system the electric…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Blazek , P. Spatenka , Ch. Taeschner , A. Leonhardt

An external magnetic field is found to have strong effects on the electronic structure of carbon nanotubes. A field-induced metal-insulator transition is predicted for all pure nanotubes. In a weak field, nanotubes exhibit both large…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Jian Ping Lu

How carbon nanotubes behave in an external electric field? What will be the relation between the intensity of the electric field and the tube's deformation? What are the geometry effects on the response of carbon nanotubes to electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-26 Z. Wang , M. Devel , R. Langlet , B. Dulmet

Electron properties of Carbon nanotubes can change qualitatively in a transverse electric field. In metallic tubes the sign of Fermi velocity can be reversed in a sufficiently strong field, while in semiconducting tubes the effective mass…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Novikov , L. S. Levitov

Response of a single-walled carbon nanotube to external electric field, F, is calculated analytically within the classical electrostatics. Field-induced charge density distribution is approximately linear along the axis of metallic nanotube…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko , M. E. Raikh

We theoretically study the interplay between electrical and mechanical properties of suspended, doubly clamped carbon nanotubes in which charging effects dominate. In this geometry, the capacitance between the nanotube and the gate(s)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Sapmaz , Ya. M. Blanter , L. Gurevich , H. S. J. van der Zant

Dielectric screening plays a vital role for the physical properties in the nanoscale and also alters our ability to detect and characterize nanomaterials by optical techniques. We study the dielectric screening inside of carbon nanotubes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-02 Georgy Gordeev , Sören Wasserroth , Han Li , Ado Jorio , Benjamin S. Flavel , Stephanie Reich

We investigate the properties of conduction electrons in single-walled armchair carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in the presence of both transverse electric and magnetic fields. We find that these fields provide a controlled means of tuning…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Wade DeGottardi , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Smitha Vishveshwara

We calculated the effects of structural distortions on the electronic structure of carbon nanotubes. The key modification of the electronic structure brought about by bending a nanotube involves an increased mixing of $\sigma$ and…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-08-17 Alain Rochefort , Dennis R. Salahub , Phaedon Avouris

We perform first-principles calculations to investigate the structural and electronic properties of metal-doped (10, 0) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on a single hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) sheet in the presence of an external electric field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 Seoung-Hun Kang , Gunn Kim , Young-Kyun Kwon

We investigate the properties of conduction electrons in single-walled armchair carbon nanotubes in the presence of mutually orthogonal electric and magnetic fields transverse to the tube's axis. We find that the fields give rise to an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Wade DeGottardi , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Victoria Fernandez , Smitha Vishveshwara

We use numerical simulations to investigate the effect of electrostatics on the source and drain contacts of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors. We find that unscreened charge on the nanotube at the contact-channel interface leads to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Aron W. Cummings , François Léonard

We report conductance measurements on multiwall carbon nanotubes in a perpendicular magnetic field. A gate electrode with large capacitance is used to considerably vary the nanotube Fermi level. This enables us to search for signatures of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernhard Stojetz , Csilla Miko , Laszlo Forro , Christoph Strunk

We study the influence of transverse electric fields on the interfacial forces between a graphene layer and a carbon nanotube tip by means of atomistic simulations, in which a Gaussian regularized charge-dipole potential is combined with…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-18 Zhao Wang

A simple method to calculate the static electric polarization of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) is obtained within the second-order perturbation approximation. The results are in agreement with the previous calculation within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xin Zhou , Hu Chen , Ou-Yang Zhong-can

To optimize the performance of multifunctional carbon nanotube-ferroelectric devices, it is necessary to understand both the polarization and charge dynamics effects on their transconductance. Directly comparing ferroelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-06 Cédric Blaser , Vincent Esposito , Patrycja Paruch
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