Negative quantum capacitance of gated carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Latessa, L ^a   Pecchia, A ^a   Di Carlo, A ^a   Lugli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 33749159452     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.035455     Document Type: Article

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