Electronic structure and contact resistance at an open-end carbon nanotube and copper interface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Gao, Feng ^a   Qu, Jianmin ^a   Yao, Matthew ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ROCKWELL COLLINS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTERFACE; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONS; ELECTRONIC PACKAGING; LANDAUER; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77949766406     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3354077     Document Type: Article

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