Upper bound for the conductivity of nanotube networks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Pereira, L F C ^a   Rocha, C G ^b   Latg A ^c   Coleman, J N ^a   Ferreira, M S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUNCTION RESISTANCES; LIMITING VALUES; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; NANOTUBE NETWORKS; NETWORK MORPHOLOGY; UPPER BOUND;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOWIRES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 70349653530     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3236534     Document Type: Article

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