Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 431-458Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2003.231
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; cutting lines; zone-folding; selection rules; Raman scattering
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A review is presented of one-dimensional cutting lines that are utilized to obtain the physical properties of carbon nanotubes from the corresponding properties of graphite by the zone-folding scheme. Quantization effects in general low-dimensional systems are briefly discussed, followed by a more detailed consideration of one-dimensional single-wall carbon nanotubes. The geometrical structure of the nanotube is described, from which quantum confined states are constructed. These allowed states in the momentum space of graphite are known as cutting lines. Different representations of the cutting lines in momentum space are introduced. Electronic and phonon dispersion relations for nanotubes are derived by using cutting lines and the zone-folding scheme. The relation between cutting lines and singularities in the electronic density of states is considered. The selection rules for carbon nanotubes are shown to be directly connected with the cutting lines. Different experimental techniques are considered that confirm the validity of cutting lines and the zone-folding approach.
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