Band-gap and the Electronic structure of BN nanotubes

ORAL

Abstract

A verity of BN nanotubes were studied via high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Careful examination of low energy loss spectra (0-50 eV) the band gap of the single tube can be extracted. Moreover the spectral features give insight into the BN nanotube valence band structure.

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Authors

  • David Okawa

    Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720

  • Shaul Aloni

    Molecular Foundry MSD, LBNL, Berkeley, Caifornia 94720 and Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720

  • William Mickelson

    MSD,LBNL, Berkeley, Caifornia 94720 and Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720

  • Gavi Begtrup

    MSD, LBNL, Berkeley, Caifornia 94720 and Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, California, 94720

  • Alex Zettl

    Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory