Quantum conductance of a helically coiled carbon nanotube

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 809-813

  Lu, Wengang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coiled carbon nanotube; Quantum conductance; Tight binding

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERLATTICES;

COILED CARBON NANOTUBES; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; TIGHT-BINDING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 28044444115     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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