Title :
Transport through carbon nanotube wires
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Abstract :
After briefly reviewing previous results of conductance calculations for carbon nanotube wires, we present new results of ballistic transport by taking the non-crossing subbands into account. Specifically, we show that concepts in semiconductor physics such as Zener tunneling and Bragg reflection play an important role in determining the current versus applied voltage (I-V) characteristics of even metallic nanotubes.
Keywords :
Zener effect; carbon nanotubes; high field effects; quantum wires; Bragg reflection; C; Zener tunneling; ballistic transport; carbon nanotube wire; current-voltage characteristics; defect scattering; molecular conductor; noncrossing subbands; Carbon nanotubes; Conductors; Low voltage; NASA; Postal services; Reflection; Robustness; Scattering; Tunneling; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Electronics, 2000. Book of Abstracts. IWCE Glasgow 2000. 7th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow, UK
Print_ISBN :
0-85261-704-6
DOI :
10.1109/IWCE.2000.869913
