Switching behavior of semiconducting carbon nanotubes under an external electric field

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2521-2523

  Rochefort, Alain ^a,b   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^c   Avouris, Phaedon ^d  

^a Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique   (Canada)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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EID: 0035938309     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1367295     Document Type: Article

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