Metal-free silicon - Molecule - Nanotube testbed and memory device

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  He, Jianli ^a   Chen, Bo ^a   Flatt, Austen K ^a   Stephenson, Jason J ^a   Doyle, Condell D ^a   Tour, James M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; NANOTUBES; SILICON;

ARYLCARBON GRAFTINGS; MOLECULAR MONOLAYER; SINGLE MOLECULES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

METAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON;

EID: 30044451315     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1526     Document Type: Article

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