Single wall carbon nanotubes density of states: Comparison of experiment and theory

Pavel V. Avramov, Konstantin N. Kudin, Gustavo E. Scuseria

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Abstract

We study the electronic structure of a variety of single wall carbon nanotubes and report density of states obtained with the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) generalized gradient approximation and hybrid PBE0 approximation of density functional theory using Gaussian orbitals and periodic boundary conditions. PBE gives very good results for metallic tubes but the addition of a portion of exact exchange in the hybrid PBE0 functional worsens the agreement between experiment and theory. On the other hand, the PBE0 hybrid significantly improves the theoretical predictions (compared to PBE) for semiconducting tubes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)597-601
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume370
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Mar 2003

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