Carbon nanotube transistor optimization by chemical control of the nanotube-metal interface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 5106-5108

  Auvray, S ^a   Borghetti, J ^a   Goffman, M F ^a   Filoramo, A ^a   Derycke, V ^a   Bourgoin, J P ^a   Jost, O ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; DESORPTION; ENERGY GAP; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER ABLATION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEPARATION; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; HOLE CURRENTS; HOLE INJECTIONS; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 3142724750     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1762987     Document Type: Article

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