Abstract
The chirality effect of an opened-end single-wall carbon nanotube on field emission is studied by using the tunneling theory with the tight-binding approximation. The characteristic of the emission-current line density versus field is found to be dependence on the chirality of nanotubes. A metallic tube has a line density higher than that of a semiconducting one. Also, for semiconducting tubes, a tube of larger chiral angle has a line density higher than that of smaller chiral angle; a zigzag semiconducting tube has a smallest line density among the others. Further, the Fowler–Nordheim plots may have a nonlinear behavior in high current region. Finally, at temperature T<1000 K, the emission current is almost independent of temperature. Our results are explained by the energy band structure of nanotubes.
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