Chemically induced potential barriers at the carbon nanotube-metal nanoparticle interface

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1863-1868

  Kauffman, Douglas R ^a   Star, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; POTENTIAL BARRIER;

ENERGY BARRIERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VALENCE BANDS; WORK FUNCTION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 34547592789     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl070330i     Document Type: Article

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