{"title":"DNA-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes as Potential Optoelectronic Materials","authors":"S. Snyder, S. Rotkin","doi":"10.1109/NUSOD.2007.4348998","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the frame of tight-binding theory, we investigate modulation of the optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) helically wrapped with single-stranded DNA. We predict that certain wraps may qualitatively change the one-electron absorption spectrum for light polarized across the SWNT. Lifting of the optical selection rules is due to nanotube symmetry-breaking in the Coulomb potential of the ionized DNA backbone.","PeriodicalId":255219,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2007 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NUSOD.2007.4348998","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the frame of tight-binding theory, we investigate modulation of the optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) helically wrapped with single-stranded DNA. We predict that certain wraps may qualitatively change the one-electron absorption spectrum for light polarized across the SWNT. Lifting of the optical selection rules is due to nanotube symmetry-breaking in the Coulomb potential of the ionized DNA backbone.