Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (IMAGE)

Rice University

Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Researchers at Rice University are working to determine the electronic properties of double-walled carbon nanotubes. In this example, the team analyzed a nanotube with two zigzag components. The individual nanotubes have band gaps and are semiconductors, but when combined, the band gaps overlap and make the double-walled a semimetal.

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Illustration by Matías Soto/Rice University

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