Electrical contacts between carbon-nanotube coated electrodes

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 3-7, 2003, Pages 774-779

  Tzeng, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Liu, C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Carbon nanotube; Electrical contact; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; VACUUM;

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

ELECTRODES;

DIAMOND;

EID: 0038184096     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-9635(02)00355-2     Document Type: Article

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