Metallofullerenes in composite carbon nanotubes as a nanocomputing memory device

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 947-952

  Chan, Yue ^a   Lee, Richard K F ^a   Hill, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; continuous approach; energy barrier and nanocomputational device; Lennard Jones potential; metallofullerene

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS APPROACH; ELECTRICAL FIELD; FULLERENE C; FULLERENE-SHUTTLE-MEMORY; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MEMORY DEVICE; METAL ATOMS; METALLOFULLERENES; NANO-COMPUTING; TWO-STATE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY BARRIERS;

FULLERENES;

EID: 80052613643     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2010.2090170     Document Type: Article

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