Realistic nanotube-metal contact configuration for molecular electronics applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 910-913

  Andriotis, Antonis ^a   Menon, Madhu ^b   Gibson, Heather ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Nanotechnology; Quantum wires; Resonant tunneling devices

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARBON; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; LEAD; METALLIZING; MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BASIS SETS; CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); DEVICE EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; IN ORDER; METAL ATOMS; METAL CONTACTS; NANO TUBE; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNT); TIGHT-BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (TBMD);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 44649106332     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.923926     Document Type: Article

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