After the first synthesis of carbon nanotubes by Iijima more than a decade ago, other types of nanotubes have been predicted and experimentally observed such as GaN, BN, and AlN among others. However, it was not until fairly recent that the most obvious alternative candidate for creating graphene-like sheets and nanotubes was proposed: Si. The present work is a theoretical study of the electronic properties of novel Silicon-based nanostrucutres, namely, Si graphene like structures and Si nanotubes. In order to do so, this dissertation begins with a review of the one- and multi-band empirical...
After the first synthesis of carbon nanotubes by Iijima more than a decade ago, other types of nanotubes have been predicted and experimentally observ...