Defect-related hysteresis in nanotube-based nano-electromechanical systems

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tsetseris, Leonidas ^a,b   Pantelides, Sokrates T ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYSTERESIS; NANOTUBES; NEMS; POINT DEFECTS; DEFECTS;

DEFECT CLUSTERING; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY CHANGES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 82655170707     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-245     Document Type: Article

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