A combined photoemission and ab initio study of the electronic structure of (6, 4)/(6, 5) enriched single wall carbon nanotubes

Author(s)

Katrien De Blauwe, Yasumitsu Miyata, Paola Ayala, Hidetsugu Shiozawa, Duncan John Mowbray, Angel Rubio, Patrick Hoffmann, Hiromichi Kataura, Thomas Pichler

Abstract

Due to the growing number of applications of small diameter single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in opto-electronics and biological imaging, there is a strong need for a better understanding of their electronic properties. Because (6, 5) tubes with a diameter of 0.75 nm are currently the strongest enriched in the CoMoCat synthesis process, they are one of the most studied carbon nanotubes. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the electronic properties of these tubes. In this paper, we report on a detailed analysis of the electronic structure of (6, 4)/(6, 5) enriched nanotubes with a combined experimental and theoretical approach. From photoemission the detailed C1s and valence band response of these narrow diameter tubes is studied. The observed electronic structure is in sound agreement with state of the art ab initio calculations using density functional theory.

Organisation(s)

Electronic Properties of Materials

External organisation(s)

University of Tsukuba, University of Surrey, University of the Basque Country, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Journal

Physica Status Solidi. B: Basic Research

Volume

247

Pages

2875-2879

No. of pages

5

ISSN

0370-1972

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201000373

Publication date

2010

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103015 Condensed matter

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/a-combined-photoemission-and-ab-initio-study-of-the-electronic-structure-of-6-46-5-enriched-single-wall-carbon-nanotubes(7f5e21b9-deb8-42bb-ba07-5ad8912b986c).html