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We introduce carbon Kagome nanotubes (CKNTs) -- a new allotrope of carbon formed by rolling up sheets of Kagome graphene, and investigate the properties of this material using first principles calculations. Based on the direction of rolling, we identify two principal varieties of CKNTs -- armchair and zigzag, and find that the bending stiffness associated with rolling Kagome graphene into either type of CKNT is about a third of that associated with rolling conventional graphene into carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations indicate that both types of CKNTs are likely to exist as stable structures at room temperature. Each CKNT explored here is metallic and features dispersionless states (i.e., flat bands) throughout its Brillouin zone, along with an associated singular peak in the electronic density of states, close to the Fermi level. We calculate the mechanical and electronic response of CKNTs to torsional and axial strains and compare against conventional CNTs. We show in particular, that upon twisting, degenerate dispersionless electronic states in CKNTs split, Dirac points and partially flat bands emerge from the quadratic band crossing point at the Fe

Author

Yu, Hsuan Ming; Sharma, Shivam; Agarwal, Shivang; Liebman, Olivia; Banerjee, Amartya S.

Published

2023

Language

EN