We study numerically small-amplitude oscillations in capped single-walled carbon nanotubes and predict the existence of surface modes localized at capped tips of the nanotubes. These modes are similar to the surface Tamm states found in solids and optics at the edges of truncated lattices.
Jerzy CiosłowskiNiny Z. RaoKatarzyna PernalDavid Moncrieff
Erin E. ChristensenMitesh AminTrevor M. TumielTodd D. Krauss
U. J. KimX. M. LiuClascídia Aparecida FurtadoGong ChenRiichiro SaitoJie JiangM. S. DresselhausP. C. Eklund
Feng YangHaofei ZhaoRuoming LiQidong LiuXinrui ZhangXuedong BaiRongming WangYan Li
J. LefebvreD. G. AustingPaul Finnie