Ambipolar-transporting coaxial nanotubes with a tailored molecular graphene - Fullerene heterojunction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 21051-21056

  Yamamoto, Yohei ^a   Zhang, Guanxin ^a   Jin, Wusong ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^b,c   Ishii, Noriyuki ^d   Saeki, Akinori ^e   Seki, Shu ^e   Tagawa, Seiichi ^e   Minari, Takeo ^f   Tsukagoshi, Kazuhito ^f   Aida, Takuzo ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambipolar transport; Field effect transistor; Nanotube; Photovoltaic; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CORONENE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GRAPHENE; NANOTUBE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ILLUMINATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 75849165147     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905655106     Document Type: Article

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