Electron transport in deformed carbon nanotubes

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Johnson, H T ^a   Liu, B ^a   Huang, Y Y ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN;

CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; SCATTERING MATRIX METHOD; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; STRAIN EFFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 12344295526     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1743426     Document Type: Article

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