Interaction of charged particles with nanotubes
Nader Daneshfar2008, Optics Communications
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Abstract
We have studied the interaction of charged particles with single-walled metallic nanotubes by solving Poisson's equation with appropriate boundary conditions. Numerical results for the energy dispersion relations as a function of the wave vector are presented when the charged particle is inside or outside the nanotube.
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