Electrical generation and absorption of phonons in carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7015, 2004, Pages 371-374

  LeRoy, B J ^a   Lemay, S G ^a   Kong, J ^a   Dekker, C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULATED EMISSION;

ELECTRICAL GENERATIONS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NANOMECHANICAL OSCILLATOR; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

NANOTUBE;

ELECTRON;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 9244226568     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03046     Document Type: Article

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