Nonnuclear nearly free electron conduction channels induced by doping charge in nanotube-molecular sheet composites

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 7255-7260

  Zhao, Jin ^a,b   Zheng, Qijing ^a   Petek, Hrvoje ^a,b   Yang, Jinlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; PHONONS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; COULOMB BARRIER; DENSITY MAXIMA; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; MOLECULAR SHEETS; NEGATIVE CHARGE; TRANSPORT CHANNEL; WIGNER CRYSTALLIZATION;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84920094514     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410460m     Document Type: Article

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