Electronic properties and optical spectra ofandnanotubes
- 28 December 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 76 (23), 233414
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.76.233414
Abstract
Symmetry based calculations of the polarized optical absorption in single-wall and nanotubes are presented. Optical conductivity tensor for the individual tubes, using line group symmetry and density-functional tight binding implemented in POLSYM code, is numerically evaluated and its dependence on the diameter and chiral angle of the nanotubes is investigated. This minimal, full symmetry implementing algorithm enabled calculations of the optical response functions very efficiently and addressed the large diameter tubes and highly chiral tubes as well. It is predicted that, due to the symmetry transformation properties of the relevant electronic states, fluorescence is not expected in the metal dichalcogenide tubes. In accordance with the measurements, the calculations show redshift of the absorption peaks as the tube diameter increases. Also, it is found that curvature strain induces strong chiral angle dependence of the absorption spectra.
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