Electronic response properties of carbon nanotubes in magnetic fields.
This computational study investigates magnetic linear response properties of achiral and chiral carbon nanotubes using first-principles electronic structure methods. It computes magnetic shielding inside and outside nanotubes due to electronic currents induced by external magnetic fields applied parallel or perpendicular to the tube axis. The authors suggest these screening effects could be measurable via NMR and highlight that chiral nanotubes can generate tangential magnetic fields outside the tube under longitudinal fields.
Key points
- The work uses first-principles electronic structure calculations to model nanotube response to external magnetic fields.
- Magnetic shielding is computed both inside and outside carbon nanotubes from induced electronic current densities.
- Responses are analyzed for magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the nanotube axis.
- The authors state that guest molecules inside nanotubes would experience magnetic screening measurable by NMR in isotopically labeled samples.
- For chiral nanotubes, longitudinal magnetic fields are reported to induce a non-zero longitudinal current density.
- Chiral nanotubes are reported to produce tangential magnetic fields outside the tubes under longitudinal fields.
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