Mesoscopic model for the electromagnetic properties of arrays of nanotubes and nanowires: A bulk equivalent approach

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 964-974

  Franck, Pierre ^a,b   Baillargeat, Dominique ^a   Tay, Beng Kang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

(NT); Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); devices; electromagnetic (EM); modelingnanocompositesnanoelectronicsnanotube; nanowires (NWs)

Indexed keywords

(NT); ARBITRARY SHAPE; BULK CONDUCTIVITIES; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONICS DESIGN; EM ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT APPROACH; FULL EM SIMULATIONS; MESOSCOPIC MODELS; MODELINGNANOCOMPOSITESNANOELECTRONICSNANOTUBE; NOVEL MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84866060046     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2209457     Document Type: Article

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