DFT modeling of bulk-modulated carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Latessa, Luca ^a   Pecchia, Alessandro ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Coherent transport; Field effect transistor; Green's function; Quantum capacitance

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COHERENT TRANSPORT; NANOTUBE CHANNEL; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33846562937     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.886782     Document Type: Article

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