Avalanche-induced current enhancement in semiconducting carbon nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Liao, Albert ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Pop, Eric ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SNOW; WIRE;

AVALANCHE PROCESSES; CURRENT ENHANCEMENTS; CURRENT INCREASES; FREE ELECTRONS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELD STRESSES; MOLECULAR WIRES; MULTIBAND; NEW RESULTS; OPTICAL PHONON EMISSIONS; QUANTUM WIRES; SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SUB BANDS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 57949109172     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.256804     Document Type: Article

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