

By a simple dynamical model it is shown that the radial breathing mode of single wall carbon nanotubes is not exactly radial: its longitudinal and circumferential components are non-vanishing and both diameter and chirality dependent. However, the radial component is only diameter sensitive; likewise the frequency.
| Engineering controlled terms: | Chemical bondsDynamicsEigenvalues and eigenfunctionsGeometryMathematical modelsMolecular vibrationsPhononsRaman scatteringVectors |
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| Engineering uncontrolled terms: | Dynamical modelsForce constants modelsRadial breathing modesSingle wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) |
| Engineering main heading: | Carbon nanotubes |
Damnjanović, M.; Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, POB 368, Yugoslavia;
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