One hundred fold increase in current carrying capacity in a carbon nanotube-copper composite

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Subramaniam, Chandramouli ^a   Yamada, Takeo ^a,b   Kobashi, Kazufumi ^a,b   Sekiguchi, Atsuko ^b   Futaba, Don N ^a,b   Yumura, Motoo ^a,b   Hata, Kenji ^a,b,c  

^a Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes TASC   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; COPPER; CURRENT VELOCITY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONICS; VACUUM;

EID: 84880818809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3202     Document Type: Article

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