Inter-layer interaction in double-walled carbon nanotubes evidenced by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy

Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-73

  Giusca, Cristina E ^a   Tison, Yann ^b   Silva, S Ravi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Double walled carbon nanotubes; Electronic devices; Electronic structure; Inter layer interaction; Interconnects; Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnology; Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DENSITY OF STATES; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTER-LAYER INTERACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 44849095546     PISSN: 17932920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793292008000903     Document Type: Article

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