Poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) coil-wrapped single wall carbon nanotube investigated by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Giulianini, Michele ^a   Waclawik, Eric R ^a   Bell, John M ^a   Scarselli, Manuela ^b   Castrucci, Paola ^b   De Crescenzi, Maurizio ^b   Motta, Nunzio ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; METALLIC NANOTUBES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 70349907400     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3241998     Document Type: Article

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