DOI: 10.1063/1.107080 ISSN:
Electronic structure of chiral graphene tubules
R. Saito, M. Fujita, G. Dresselhaus, M. S Dresselhaus- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
The electronic structure for graphene monolayer tubules is predicted as a function of the diameter and helicity of the constituent graphene tubules. The calculated results show that approximately 1/3 of these tubules are a one-dimensional metal which is stable against a Peierls distortion, and the other 2/3 are one-dimensional semiconductors. The implications of these results are discussed.