Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
1997-06-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00854-3
Linear chains of carbon atoms have been proposed as the electron emitting structures of open tip carbon nanotubes subject to an electric field. To better understand the implications of the results of Smalley and collaborators, the electromagnetic response of linear carbon chains to both static and dynamics fields have been studied, making use of ab-initio methods. It is found that the associated emission currents, plotted as a function of the bias potential, follow Fowler-Nordheim intensity-voltage curves typical of the field emission of metallic tips. Under standard bias conditions, linear carbon chains of one nanometer of length are expected to deliver currents of the order of one microampere. These systems behave, furthermore, as conducting needles in photoabsorption processes. Linear carbon chains are thus likely to constitute the ultimate atomic-scale realization of metallic wires.
Alasia F.
Broglia Ricardo A.
Lorenzoni A.
Roman Eduardo H.
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