Hydrodynamic model for the signal propagation along carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Forestiere, Carlo ^a   Maffucci, Antonio ^b   Miano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; conducting channels; effective mass; electromagnetic propagation; hydrodynamic model; transmission lines

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CONDUCTING CHANNELS; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; SINGLE CARBON NANOTUBE; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79952827830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3424968     Document Type: Article

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