Phonon softening in metallic nanotubes by a Peierls-like mechanism

Orest Dubay, Georg Kresse, Hans Kuzmany

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    Abstract

    Using the density functional theory, the radial dependency of the vibrational frequencies of single-wall carbon nanotubes (NT) in the G band (1500-1600 cm-1) was studied. In metallic nanotubes, a mode with A1 symmetry was found to be softer than the corresponding mode in insulating tubes or graphite. The study resulted in an electron-phonon coupling mechanism that opens a band gap when NT's swing back and forth in a manner compatible to the totally symmetric longitudinal A1 mode. It was found that the oscillating band gap lowers the frequency of this mode compared to graphite and insulating tubes.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number235506
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume88
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 103009 Solid state physics
    • 103015 Condensed matter
    • 103025 Quantum mechanics
    • 103036 Theoretical physics

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