Electronic transport in carbon nanotubes with random coverage of physisorbed molecules

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2216-2219

  Latil, Sylvain ^a,d   Roche, Stephan ^b   Charller, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SORPTION;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HOMOGENEOUS DISORDER; MOLECULAR SPECIES; PHYSISORPTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 28144437566     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0514386     Document Type: Article

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