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Electronic Structure of Carbon Fibers based on C60

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Riichiro Saito ,
Mitsutaka Fujita ,
G. Dresselhaus  and
M. S. Dresselhaus
Riichiro Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139
Mitsutaka Fujita
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139
G. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge MA 02139
M. S. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139 also Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, Cambridge MA 02139
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Abstract

The electronic structures of some possible carbon fibers nucleated from the hemisphere of a bucky ball are presented. A one-dimensional electronic energy band structure model of such carbon fibers, having not only a principal rotational axis but also fibers with screw axes, can be derived by folding the two-dimensional energy bands of graphite. By considering the variation of the fiber diameter and helicity within a simple tight binding model calculation, we show that 1/3 of the fibers are metallic and 2/3 are semiconducting. The effect of adding multiple tubule layers is considered.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 247: Symposium N – Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials , 1992 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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