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Charge–Metal Interaction of a Carbon Nanotube
Author(s) -
Bakalis Evangelos,
Zerbetto Francesco
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200600715
Subject(s) - nanotube , carbon nanotube , charge (physics) , radius , simple (philosophy) , metal , nanotechnology , chemical physics , molecule , surface charge , charge radius , materials science , interaction energy , tube (container) , chemistry , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , composite material , proton , philosophy , computer security , epistemology , metallurgy
Simple three‐dimensional functions : Carbon nanotubes can be semiconducting or metallic and, yet, their interactions with other molecules are often treated as if they were all the same. The authors develop two simple three‐dimensional functions that describe the extra energy of interaction of a charge with a metallic nanotube. This energy depends on the radius of the tube and the distance of the charge from either the inner or outer surface of the conducting tube.