Anomalous kink behavior in the current-voltage characteristics of suspended carbon nanotubes

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-180

  Amer, Moh ^a   Bushmaker, Adam ^a   Cronin, Steve ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

G band downshift; hot optical phonons; Negative differential conductance; negative differential resistance; preferential heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858289853     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0197-2     Document Type: Article

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