Electronic and Structural Properties of Carbon Nano-Horns

Details Electronic and Structural Properties of Carbon Nano-Horns Electronic and Structural Properties of Carbon Nano-Horns

2000-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003088v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 3 figures, submitted for publication

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R2291

We use parametrized linear combination of atomic orbitals calculations to determine the stability, optimum geometry and electronic properties of nanometer-sized capped graphitic cones, called ``nano-horns''. Different nano-horn morphologies are considered, which differ in the relative location of the five terminating pentagons. Simulated scanning tunneling microscopy images of the various structures at different bias voltages reflect a net electron transfer towards the pentagon vertex sites. We find that the local density of states at the tip, observable by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, can be used to discriminate between different tip structures. Our molecular dynamics simulations indicate that disintegration of nano-horns at high temperatures starts in the highest-strain region near the tip.

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