Tuning the conductance of carbon nanotubes with encapsulated molecules

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 42, 2007, Pages

  Meunier, Vincent ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ENCAPSULATION; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNING;

MEMORY MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR GATES; PASSIVE GATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENCAPSULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 34748835805     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/42/424032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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