Besides squashing the tube, other methods, such as chemical adsorption, might be used to distinguish the two sublattices and, hence, to induce the metal-to-semiconductor transition.

• 我们的研究结果为实验上实现碳纳米管的金属-半导体转变提供了广泛的可能，若能使得碳纳米管中的两套子格得以区分，其它的一些方法(如化学吸附)也可能导致金属-半导体转变。