A new circuit model for carbon nanotube interconnects with diameter-dependent parameters

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-354

  Maffucci, Antonio ^a   Miano, Giovanni ^b   Villone, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Interconnects; Nanotechnology; Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECTS; CHARGED FLUIDS; CIRCUIT MODELS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; ELECTRIC SIGNAL; ELEMENTARY CELLS; EULER'S EQUATION; EXTERNAL SOURCES; FLUID MODELS; INTERCONNECTS; KINETIC INDUCTANCES; MULTI-CONDUCTOR; NANOTUBE RADII; PER UNIT LENGTH; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; TRANSMISSION LINES (TLS); TRANSMISSION-LINE;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; EULER EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67249133547     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.2010545     Document Type: Article

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