Influence of hot phonons on the transport properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 325-328

  Auer, Christoph ^a   Schürrer, Ferdinand ^a   Ertler, Christian ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; High field transport; Hot phonons; Single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHONONS;

HIGH-FIELD TRANSPORT; HOT PHONONS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34247344907     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-006-0114-6     Document Type: Article

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