Electrostatically telescoping nanotube nonvolatile memory device

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kang, Jeong Won ^a   Jiang, Qing ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; KINETIC ENERGY; NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIVE FORCES; REVERSIBILITY; TELESCOPING NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33947501982     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/9/095705     Document Type: Article

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