Peptide nanotubes: An inert environment

Authors
Jishi, RA Braier, NC White, CT Mintmire, JW
Citation
Ra. Jishi et al., Peptide nanotubes: An inert environment, PHYS REV B, 58(24), 1998, pp. R16009-R16011
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
58
Issue
24
Year of publication
1998
Pages
R16009 - R16011
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(199812)58:24<R16009:PNAIE>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
First-principles calculations of the band structure of peptide nanotubes ar e presented. It is shown that these nanotubes are insulators with wide band gaps, and that they act as an inert vessel where foreign atoms could be in corporated; hardly any interaction takes place between the tube wall and gu est atoms. [S0163-1829(98)51038-X].