Carbon nanotubes as long ballistic conductors

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6682, 1998, Pages 240-241

  White, C T ^a,b,c   Todorov, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NRL ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032554876     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30420     Document Type: Article

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