Improving the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube networks: A first-principles study

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9726-9736

  Li, Elise Y ^a   Marzari, Nicola ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube networks; first principles calculations; quantum conductance; transition metals

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC TRANSPORTS; CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; CYCLOADDITIONS; D ORBITALS; ELECTRICAL BRIDGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; MECHANICAL COUPLING; NANOTUBE JUNCTIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED; ORBITALS; POOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE;

BALLISTICS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSITION METALS;

CALCULATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84555169204     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2032227     Document Type: Article

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