Terahertz characterization of single-walled carbon nanotube and graphene on-substrate thin films

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 10 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2719-2725

  Liang, Min ^a   Wu, Ziran ^b   Chen, Liwei ^c   Song, Li ^d   Ajayan, P ^d   Xin, Hao ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT); Surface conductivity; Terahertz; Time domain spectroscopy (TDS)

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; HIGH POWER MICROWAVES; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THIN-FILM PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACTION; GLASS; GRAPHENE; ITERATIVE METHODS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THIN FILMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84860364398     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2160197     Document Type: Article

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