Fermi-level alignment at metal-carbon nanotube interfaces: Application to scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4844-4847

  Xue, Yongqiang ^a   Datta, Supriyo ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001456813     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4844     Document Type: Article

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