Publication Date
2006
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Lok Lew Yan Voon (Advisor)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
We have developed a new unifying tight-binding theory that can account for the electronic properties of recently proposed Si-based nanostructures, namely, Si graphene-like sheets and Si nanotubes. We considered the sp2s* and sp3 models up to first- and second-nearest neighbors, respectively. Our results show that the corresponding Si nanotubes follow the so-called Hamada's rule. Comparison to a recent ab initio calculation is made.
Page Count
139
Department or Program
Department of Physics
Year Degree Awarded
2006
Copyright
Copyright 2006, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
