A thermal model for carbon nanotube interconnects

Nanomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Mohsin, Kaji Muhammad ^a   Srivastava, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Ashwani K ^b   Mayberry, Clay ^b  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joule heating; Scattering; SWCNT; VLSI interconnect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902072723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano3020229     Document Type: Article

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