Abstract
The electron-phonon coupling in two-dimensional graphite and metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes is analyzed. The highest-frequency phonon mode at the point in two-dimensional graphite opens a dynamical band gap that induces a Kohn anomaly. Similar effects take place in metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes that undergo Peierls transitions driven by the highest-frequency phonon modes at the and points. The dynamical band gap induces a nonlinear dependence of the phonon frequencies on the doping level and gives rise to strong anharmonic effects in two-dimensional graphite and metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes.
- Received 19 January 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.155420
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