TY - JOUR
T1 - Tight-binding computation of the STM image of carbon nanotubes
AU - Meunier, V.
AU - Lambin, Ph
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - STM imaging of single-wall carbon nanotubes has recently been achieved with atomic resolution, revealing the chirality of the carbon network. In this work, a theoretical modeling of scanning tunneling microscopy of the nanotubes is presented, based on a tight-binding π-electron Hamiltonian. This theory is simple enough to be used routinely for the computation of STM images and current-voltage characteristics, making it possible to investigate specific effects of the network curvature and topology such as a pentagon-heptagon pair defect.
AB - STM imaging of single-wall carbon nanotubes has recently been achieved with atomic resolution, revealing the chirality of the carbon network. In this work, a theoretical modeling of scanning tunneling microscopy of the nanotubes is presented, based on a tight-binding π-electron Hamiltonian. This theory is simple enough to be used routinely for the computation of STM images and current-voltage characteristics, making it possible to investigate specific effects of the network curvature and topology such as a pentagon-heptagon pair defect.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5588
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5588
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040885024
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 81
SP - 5588
EP - 5591
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 25
ER -