First-principles study of the electronic transport properties of the carbon nanobuds

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 405, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2097-2101

  Zhao, P ^a   Wang, P J ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Ren, M J ^a   Liu, D S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanobud; Density functional theory; Electronic transport; Non equilibrium Green's function; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

COLD ELECTRONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY RANGES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; LOCALIZED STATE; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FIELD EMISSION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77649233775     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.01.110     Document Type: Article

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