Carbon Nanotubes Interactions: Theory and Applications (original) (raw)
I would like to express my sincere thanks and deep appreciation to my advisor Dr. Lilia M. Woods. Her scientific enthusiasm, guidance and continuous encouragement played an essential role in making the process of pursuing a Ph.D. in science possible for me. Also I would like to extend my gratitude for the funding provided to me through the University of South Florida Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, which gave me the freedom to focus on research during my graduate time. Appreciation is given to the faculty of the Physics Department for their contribution in various ways to this work, and in particular to my committee members for guidance. Finally a special thanks to my family for support and understanding. i Table of Contents List of Figures …………………………………… …..……...………………………….iii Abstract ……………………………………………………………..…………………..vii Chapter I. Introduction ………..………………………………………….…………….1 I.1. Parameters and relations for carbon nanotubes ………………………..2 I.2. Theoretical approaches …………….……………………………………..6 Chapter II. Classical approach ………………………………………………………11 Chapter V. Applications to the quantum electrodynamics approach …………..100 V.1. Chirality dependent interactions ………….…………………………..101 V.1.1. Axial dielectric response ……………………………………101 V.1.2. Chirality dependent interactions …………..……………….103 Chapter VI. Concluding remarks ………….………………………………………..113 References ………………………………..…………………………………………..116 Appendix A. Intertube van der Waals potential for concentric nanotube systems ………………………………… ……….……………………………124 Appendix B. Dyadic Green function representation for cylindrical structures …………………………. …………………………………………128 Appendix C. Green tensor for concentric carbon nanotube systems ……….....130 Appendix D. Forces on carbon nanotubes surfaces …………………………….
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