Resistance simulations for junctions of SW and MW carbon nanotubes with various metal substrates

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 519-529

  Shunin, Yuri N ^a,b   Zhukovskii, Yuri F ^b   Burlutskaya, Natalia ^a   Bellucci, Stefano ^c  

^a Natural Sciences and Computer Technologies Department   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electronic structure calculations; Inter wall transparency in MW CNTs; Junction between the CNT and metal substrate; Resistance of CNT Me contact; Scattering theory; SW and MW morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951953747     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11534-010-0086-9     Document Type: Article

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