Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: A magnetic field is found to have strong effects on the electronic structure and bulk properties of carbon nanotubes. A field-induced metal-insulator transition is predicted for all pure nanotubes. In a weak field, nanotubes exhibit both large diamagnetic and paramagnetic responses depending on the field direction, the Fermi energy, the helicity, and the nanotube radius. Universal scalings are found in the susceptibility as functions of the Fermi energy, the temperature, and the size of nanotubes. Comparison with recent experiments are discussed.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Author: Jian Ping Lu
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1970439139