Room-temperature negative differential conductance in carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 667-670

  Li, Jingqi ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; D. Electrical (electronic) properties

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSISTORS;

AMPLIFYING DEVICES; CURRENT PEAK; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS (SET);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 10844234811     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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