Burch, Hilary J., Davies, Julia A., Brown, Elisabetta , Hao, Ling, Contera, Sonia Antoranz, Grobert, Nicole and Ryan, J. F. (2006) Electrical conductance and breakdown in individual CNx multiwalled nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters, 89 (14). p. 143110. ISSN 0003-6951
Full content URL: http://doi.org/10.1063/1.2358308
Full text not available from this repository.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
Doping of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen during growth strongly modifies their electronic structure through n-type doping. This provides the possibility of producing nanotubes with high conductances, independent of tube chirality. To date, electrical measurements on individual nitrogen-doped multiwalled nanotubes (CNx MWNTs) have reported surprisingly low conductances (∼0.01G0). Here the authors present high conductance (1.0±0.3G0) measurements at low bias for individual CNx MWNTs. Conductance increases linearly with voltage at a rate of 0.7±0.2G0∕V until the threshold for electrical breakdown is reached. Discrete current steps of 20±10μA are then observed.
| Additional Information: | The final published version of this article can be accessed online at https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2358308 |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Electrical breakdown, Doping, Electrical resistivity, Carbon nanotubes, Electronic structure, Electric measurements |
| Subjects: | F Physical Sciences > F310 Applied Physics |
| Divisions: | College of Science > School of Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 33722 |
| Deposited On: | 17 Oct 2018 08:22 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page