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Effects of Finite Deformed Length in Carbon Nanotubes
The effect of finite deformed length is demonstrated by squashing an armchair
(10,10) single-walled carbon nanotube with two finite tips. Only when the
deformed length is long enough, an effectual metal-semiconductor-metal
heterojunction can be formed in the metallic tube. The effect of finite
deformed length is explained by the quantum tunnelling effect. Furthermore,
some conceptual designs of nanoscale devices are proposed from the
metal-semiconductor-metal heterojunction.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Obesity and Heart Diseases, a Worsened Epidemic in Recent Decades
Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases. Obesity induces serious heart diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, and coronary disease by multiple mechanisms. The endothelial dysfunction and artherosclerosis induced by obesity lead to the result of coronary artery disease. In addition, obesity is a substantial public health crisis worldwide, and internationally, with the prevalence increasing rapidly in numerous industrialized nations. Worldwide, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese. The first choice of treatment is weight loss by life-style modification, such as diet and exercise. Medication and surgery are for moderate obese patients with comorbidity. How to find the appropriate method of weight losing is the most important issue
Role of Symmetry in the Transport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons under Bias
The intrinsic transport properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are
investigated using first principles calculations. It is found that although all
ZGNRs have similar metallic band structure, they show distinctly different
transport behaviors under bias voltages, depending on whether they are mirror
symmetric with respect to the midplane between two edges. Asymmetric ZGNRs
behave as conventional conductors with linear current-voltage dependence, while
symmetric ZGNRs exhibit unexpected very small currents with the presence of a
conductance gap around the Fermi level. This difference is revealed to arise
from different coupling between the conducting subbands around the Fermi level,
which is dependent on the symmetry of the systems.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Structural Trends Interpretation of the Metal-to-Semiconductor Transition in Deformed Carbon Nanotubes
Two mechanisms that drive metal-to-semiconductor transitions in single-walled
carbon nanotubes are theoretically analyzed through a simple tight-binding
model. By considering simple structural trends, the results demonstrate that
metal-to-semiconductor transitions can be induced more readily in metallic
zigzag nanotubes than in armchair nanotubes. Furthermore, it is shown that both
mechanisms have the effect of making the two originally equivalent sublattices
physically distinguishable.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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