Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y-junctions

Vincent Meunier; Marco Buongiorno Nardelli; J. Bernholc; Thomas Zacharia; Jean Christophe Charlier

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Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y-junctions

Vincent Meunier, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, J. Bernholc, Thomas Zacharia, Jean Christophe Charlier

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The electron transport properties of three-terminal carbon-nanotube junctions were investigated by using Landauer theory of quantum conductance. The transmission of electrons through the interface was hindered for positive energy values which lead to a drastic reduction of the conductance. The results showed that the carbon-nanotube-terminated junction does not displayed an asymmetric conductance spectrum but behaved as a junction between undoped semiconductors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5234-5236
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	81
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1533842
State	Published - Dec 30 2002

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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