Open AccessElectron effective mass of single-wall carbon nanotubes
Author(s) -
Da-Yong Lu,
Xiaohong Yan,
Ding Jian-Wen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.527
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , effective mass (spring–mass system) , materials science , electron , chirality (physics) , conduction band , thermal conduction , atomic physics , molecular physics , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , physics , composite material , classical mechanics , chiral symmetry , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model
We have studied analytically the electron effective mass of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The relation between the effective mass of electrons at the bottom of lowest-lying conduction band and the tube diameter and chirality has been discussed. It is shown that geometrical structures have very important effect on the electron effective mass of single-wall carbon nanotubes.