Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 534-539

  Gomez Navarro C ^a   De Pablo, P J ^a   Gomez Herrero J ^a   Biel, B ^a   Garcia Vidal, F J ^a   Rubio, A ^b   Flores, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; IRRADIATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TUNING;

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION REGIME; LOCALIZATION EFFECTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 21844476497     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1414     Document Type: Article

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