Single-walled carbon nanotubes as shadow masks for nanogap fabrication

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  De Poortere, E P ^a   Stormer, H L ^a   Huang, L M ^a   Wind, S J ^a   O'Brien, S ^a   Huang, M ^a   Hone, J ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLATINUM;

GAP WIDTHS; METAL DEPOSITION; NANOGAP FABRICATIONS; NANOMETER-SCALE GAPS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33645682344     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2192636     Document Type: Article

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