Family behavior of the optical transition energies in single-wall carbon nanotubes of smaller diameters

Using the extended tight-binding model that allows bond lengths and angles to vary, the optical transition energies Eii in single-wall carbon nanotubes are calculated as a function of inverse tube diameter. After geometrical structure optimization, the 2n+m=constant family behavior observed in photoluminescence (PL) experiments is obtained, and detailed agreement between the calculations and PL experiments is achieved after including many-body corrections.

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