Resistivity reduction of boron-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes synthesized from a methanol solution containing boric acid

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Ishii, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Tohru ^a   Ueda, Shinya ^a   Tsuda, Shunsuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Takahide ^a   Takano, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; METHANOL;

BORIC ACID; CONDUCTION CARRIERS; FOUR POINT CONTACTS; RESISTIVITY REDUCTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 44349138752     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2930677     Document Type: Article

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