Negative differential resistance in nanotube devices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 4767-4770

  Léonard, François ^a   Tersoff, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; HAMILTONIANS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE; QUANTUM TRANSPORT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0041651180     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4767     Document Type: Article

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