Spin-dependent electron transport induced by non-magnetic adatoms in metallic carbon nanotubes

e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 157-160

  Girard, Yvan ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a,b   Watanabe, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemisorption; Computer simulations; Electron transport; Spin filter; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMISORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SPINTRONICS; YARN;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; SPIN FILTERS; SPIN-DEPENDENT CONDUCTANCE; SPIN-DEPENDENT ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ZERO-BIAS CONDUCTANCE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 45949106613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13480391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2008.157     Document Type: Article

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