Variable and reversible quantum structures on a single carbon nanotube
Author
Kılıç, Ç.
Çıracı, Salim
Gülseren, O.
Yildirim, T.
Date
2000Source Title
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Print ISSN
0163-1829
Volume
62
Issue
24
Pages
345 - 348
Language
English
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Abstract
The band gap of a semiconducting single wall carbon nanotube decreases and eventually vanishes leading to metalization as a result of increasing radial deformation. This sets in a band offset between the undeformed and deformed regions of a single nanotube. Based on the superlattice calculations, we show that these features can be exploited to realize various quantum well structures on a single nanotube with variable and reversible electronic properties. These quantum structures and nanodevices incorporate mechanics and electronics.