Probing electric characteristics and sorting out metallic from semiconducting carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3287-3292

  Barboza, Ana P M ^a   Gomes, Ana P ^a   Chacham, Helio ^a   Neves, Bernardo R A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; METALS; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

DC ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC RESPONSE; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTING-SWCNTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); THEORETICAL MODELING;

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EID: 78650163115     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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