Tuning the band gap of semiconducting carbon nanotube by an axial magnetic field

We have investigated the magnetic field dependence of transfer characteristics of a device fabricated in a configuration of a field-effect transistor with a conduction channel formed by a semiconducting multiwalled carbon nanotube. Our results unambiguously indicate that an axial magnetic field supp...

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Autores: Fedorov, G., Barbara, P., Smirnov, D., Jiménez, David|||0000-0002-8148-198X, Roche, Stephan|||0000-0003-0323-4665
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:115985
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/115985
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.3360214
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon nanotubes
Magnetic fields
Band gap
Band structure
Electrodes
Field effect transistors
Semiconductor nanotubes
Nanotube devices
Semiconductor growth
Activation energies
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Sumario:We have investigated the magnetic field dependence of transfer characteristics of a device fabricated in a configuration of a field-effect transistor with a conduction channel formed by a semiconducting multiwalled carbon nanotube. Our results unambiguously indicate that an axial magnetic field suppresses the band gap of the nanotube. Quantitative analysis of the data indicates linear dependence of the band gap on magnetic field as well as a linear splitting between the K and K' subbands of the band structure of the nanotube.