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The effects of Si doping on geometric and electronic structure of closed carbon nanotube (CNT) are studied by, a first-principles method, DMol. It is found that the local density of states at the Fermi level (EF) increases due to the Si-doping and the non-occupied states above the EF go down toward the lower energy range under an external electronic field. In addition, due to the doping of Si, a sub-tip on the CNT cap is formed, which consisted of the Si atom and its neighbor C atoms. From these results it is concluded that Si-doping is beneficial to the CNT field emission properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]