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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Main Authors: Daniele Varsano, Sandro Sorella, Davide Sangalli, Matteo Barborini, Stefano Corni, Elisa Molinari, Massimo Rontani
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c6b6b80edd9744f89fa1c49602afe784
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