Dimerization structures on the metallic and semiconducting fullerene tubules

Abstract

The Kekule patterns are realized in the metallic tubules and chain-like distortions occur in the semiconducting tubules.

Revised manuscript submitted to Phys. Rev. B; 12 pages and 12 figures. Please request figures to [email protected]. They will be sent by airmail

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