Atom collision-induced resistivity of carbon nanotubes

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5706, 2005, Pages 89-93

  Romero, Hugo E ^a   Bolton, Kim ^b   Rosén, Arne ^b   Eklund, Peter C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAS DYNAMICS; INERT GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLLIDING ATOMS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; THERMOPOWER; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ARGON; CARBON NANOTUBE; HELIUM; INERT GAS; NEON; NITROGEN; XENON;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 11844291948     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102004     Document Type: Article

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