Automated removal of metallic carbon nanotubes in a nanotube ensemble by electrical breakdown

2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 239-242

  Amlani, Islamshah ^a,b   Pimparkar, Ninad ^b   Nordquist, Kevin ^a,b   Lim, Derrick ^a,b   Clavijo, Sergio ^a,b   Qian, Zhengfang ^a,b   Emrick, Rudy ^a,b  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

AMBIPOLAR; AUTOMATED REMOVALS; BURNING PROCESSES; CONDUCTING PATHS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWNS; GATE BIASES; GATED DEVICES; HYSTERISIS; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; ON/OFF RATIOS; STATE CURRENTS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 55349100919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2008.78     Document Type: Conference Paper

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