Diameter-dependent conductance oscillations in carbon nanotubes upon torsion

Details Diameter-dependent conductance oscillations in carbon nanotubes upon torsion Diameter-dependent conductance oscillations in carbon nanotubes upon torsion

2008-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/0803.4426v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRL

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We combine electromechanical measurements with {\em ab initio} density functional calculations to settle the controversy about the origin of torsion-induced conductance oscillations in multi-wall carbon nanotubes. According to our observations, the oscillation period is inversely proportional to the squared diameter of the nanotube, as expected for a single-wall nanotube of the same diameter. This is supported by our theoretical finding that differential torsion effectively decouples the walls of a multi-wall nanotube near the Fermi level and moves the Fermi momentum across quantization lines. We exclude the alternative explanation linked to registry changes between the walls, since it would cause a different diameter dependence of the oscillation period.

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