.Liu Yang, M. P. Anantram, Jie Han and J. P. Lu, "Bandgap change of carbon nanotubes: Effect of small uniaxial and torsional strain", Submitted
     to Physical Review B (1998) (cond-mat/9811263).
if n-m= 3n +1, lengthening the tube increases the band gap. If n-m= 3n -1, lengthening the tube decreases the band gap.

   7.Jie Han, M. P. Anantram, R. Jaffe and H. Dai, "Observation and Modeling of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Bend Junctions", Phys. Rev. B, vol.
     57, p. 14983 (1998).

   8.M. P. Anantram, J. Han and T. R. Govindan, "Transport in Carbon Nanotubes with Defects", Ann. of the New York Acad. of Sc. vol. 852, p. 169
     (1998).
 

[Ascoli 1999] C. Ascoli, S. Loi, M. Ruffa, P. Baschieri, B. Cappella., G. Cercignani, C. Frediani, P. Pelosi, D. Petracchi, "Protein-antibody interactions measured by SFM (Scanning Force Microscopy),"  Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, Sunnyvale California, October 1999.

[Uchihashi 1999] Takayuki Uchihashi, Masaharu Komiyama, Masato Tanigawa, Makoto Ashino, Kousuke Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Sugawara, Seizo Morita, and Mitsuru Ishikawa: "Application of Noncontact-mode Atomic Force Microscopy to Molecular Imaging," Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, Sunnyvale California, October 1999.
 
 

additional papers to examine

J. Hu, M. Ouyang, P. Yang and C.M. Lieber, "Controlled growth and electrical properties of heterojunctions of carbon
                            nanotubes and silicon nanowires", Nature 399, 48-51 (1999).

in office! *********** Reinerth, W. A.; Jones, L., II, Burgin, T. P.; Zhou, C.-w.; Muller, C. J.; Deshpande, M. R.; Reed, M. A.; Tour,
          J. M. "Molecular Scale Electronics. Syntheses and Testing," Nanotechnology, 1998, 9, 246-250.