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Do Carbon Nanotubes Spin When Bundled?

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Using ab initio and parametrized techniques, we determine the equilibrium structure of an ordered “bundle” of (10,10) carbon nanotubes. Because of small intertube interaction and lattice frustration, we predict a very soft libration mode to occur at v ≈ 12 cm−1. This mode is predicted to disappear above the orientational melting temperature which marks the onset of free tube rotations about their axis. We discuss the effect of the weak intertube coupling and orientational disorder on the electronic structure near the Fermi level.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824–1116, Michigan, USA

    Young-Kyun Kwon, David Tománek & Young Hee Lee

  2. Department of Physics and Semiconductor Physics Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, 561–756, Jeonju, Korea

    Young Hee Lee

  3. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1–12–1 Oh-okayama, Meguro-ku, 152, Tokyo, Japan

    Kee Hag Lee & Susumu Saito

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Kwon, YK., Tománek, D., Lee, Y.H. et al. Do Carbon Nanotubes Spin When Bundled?. Journal of Materials Research 13, 2363–2367 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1998.0329

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