Unzipped and Defective Nanotubes: Rolling up Graphene and Unrolling Tubes

Chico, L.; Santos, H.; Ayuela, A.; Jaskólski, W.; Pelc, M.; Brey, L.

doi:10.12693/APhysPolA.118.433

Journal

Acta Physica Polonica A

2010 | 118 | 3 | 433-441

Article title

Unzipped and Defective Nanotubes: Rolling up Graphene and Unrolling Tubes

Authors

L. Chico , H. Santos , A. Ayuela , W. Jaskólski , M. Pelc , L. Brey

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Abstracts

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The properties of carbon nanotubes can be dramatically altered by the presence of defects. In this work we address the properties of two different kinds of defective nanotubes: junctions of achiral tubes with topological defects and partially unzipped carbon nanotubes. In particular, we begin by focussing on the interface states in carbon nanotube junctions between achiral tubes. We show that their number and energies can be derived by applying the Born-von Karman boundary condition to an interface between armchair- and zigzag-terminated semi-infinite graphene layers. We show that these interface states, which were thought to be due to the presence of topological defects, are in fact related to the graphene zigzag edge states. Secondly, we study partially unzipped carbon nanotubes, which can be considered as the junction of a carbon nanotube and a graphene nanoribbon, which has edge features giving rise to novel properties. Carbon nanoribbons act as transparent contacts for nanotubes and viceversa, yielding a high conductance. At certain energies, nanoribbons behave as valley filters for carbon nanotubes; this holds considering electron-electron interaction effects. Furthermore, the application of a magnetic field turns the system conducting, with a 100% magnetoresistance. These novel structures may open a way for new carbon-based devices.

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Publisher

Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Journal

Acta Physica Polonica A

Year

2010

Volume

118

Issue

3

Pages

433-441

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published

2010-09

Contributors

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L. Chico

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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H. Santos

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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A. Ayuela

Centro de Física de Materiales CPM CSIC-UPV/EHU, Departamento de Física de Materiales, (Facultad de Químicas), and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20080 Donostia, Spain

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W. Jaskólski

Instytut Fizyki UMK, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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M. Pelc

Instytut Fizyki UMK, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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L. Brey

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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10.12693/APhysPolA.118.433

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