Coaxial carbon nanotubes as shielded nanowires

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Brothers, Edward N ^a   Scuseria, Gustavo E ^a   Kudin, Konstantin N ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOELECTRICAL WIRES; NANOELECTRONICS; SHIELDED NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SHIELDING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 31544465758     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2149850     Document Type: Article

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