First-principles study of the electrical conductance of telescopically aligned carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Kang, Yong Ju ^a,b   Chang, K J ^a,b   Kim, Yong Hoon ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^c University of Seoul   (South Korea)

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EID: 36749086970     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205441     Document Type: Article

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