Title :
Effects of Electrode Contact on Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Author :
Kobayashi, Nobuhiko ; Ozaki, Taisuke ; Hirose, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan, CREST-JST
Abstract :
We report ab initio calculation of transport properties of a semiconducting carbon nanotube connected to aluminum metallic electrodes to analyze the effects of metallic electrode contacts on transport properties. Electrons are transmitted in the nanotube in the band-gap energy region due to the hybridization of the metallic states of the electrodes.
Keywords :
Aluminum; Carbon nanotubes; Chromium; Computer industry; Electrodes; Metals industry; Nanoscale devices; National electric code; Physics computing; Semiconductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0077-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2006.247617
