Optimized contact configuration for the study of transport phenomena in ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3313-3315

  Appenzeller, J ^a   Martel, R ^a   Avouris, P ^a   Stahl, H ^b   Lengeler, B ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0035926984     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1373413     Document Type: Article

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