Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators
It has long been anticipated theoretically that semiconductors with small band gaps may form a correlated exciton insulator phase, but it has been difficult to find material realisations. Here, the authors predict numerically that zero-gap armchair carbon nanotubes could be exciton insulators.
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| author | Daniele Varsano Sandro Sorella Davide Sangalli Matteo Barborini Stefano Corni Elisa Molinari Massimo Rontani |
| author_facet | Daniele Varsano Sandro Sorella Davide Sangalli Matteo Barborini Stefano Corni Elisa Molinari Massimo Rontani |
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| description | It has long been anticipated theoretically that semiconductors with small band gaps may form a correlated exciton insulator phase, but it has been difficult to find material realisations. Here, the authors predict numerically that zero-gap armchair carbon nanotubes could be exciton insulators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6b6b80edd9744f89fa1c49602afe7842022-12-21T19:28:07ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232017-11-01811910.1038/s41467-017-01660-8Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulatorsDaniele Varsano0Sandro Sorella1Davide Sangalli2Matteo Barborini3Stefano Corni4Elisa Molinari5Massimo Rontani6CNR-NANOSISSA & CNR-IOM DemocritosCNR-ISM, Division of Ultrafast Processes in Materials (FLASHit)CNR-NANOCNR-NANOCNR-NANOCNR-NANOIt has long been anticipated theoretically that semiconductors with small band gaps may form a correlated exciton insulator phase, but it has been difficult to find material realisations. Here, the authors predict numerically that zero-gap armchair carbon nanotubes could be exciton insulators.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01660-8 |
| spellingShingle | Daniele Varsano Sandro Sorella Davide Sangalli Matteo Barborini Stefano Corni Elisa Molinari Massimo Rontani Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators Nature Communications |
| title | Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| title_full | Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| title_fullStr | Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| title_short | Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| title_sort | carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01660-8 |
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