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Electronic properties of multi-defected zigzag carbon nanotubes

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Electronic properties of multi-defected zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes are investigated by use of the tight-binding Green’s function method. The Stone-Wales defects and the vacancies are considered. We find that the conductance sensitively depends on the realistic defect configurations for the metallic zigzag carbon nanotubes. Interestingly, the electronic transport properties of the nanotubes with three vacancies can be considered as the sum effect of two double-vacancies, while those with Stone-Wales defects can not. The electron interference along the longitudinal axis and the transport blocking are observed, which may be useful for understanding the electron transport behavior of carbon nanotube in experiments.

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Qian, H., Zhou, T. Electronic properties of multi-defected zigzag carbon nanotubes. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 53, 11–15 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-010-0107-0

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