Contact resistance of carbon nanotubes

Authors
Citation
J. Tersoff, Contact resistance of carbon nanotubes, APPL PHYS L, 74(15), 1999, pp. 2122-2124
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
15
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2122 - 2124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19990412)74:15<2122:CROCN>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Electrical contacts to carbon nanotubes typically exhibit high resistance, posing a serious obstacle to their application in electronic devices. One i mportant factor may be their unique electronic structure, which gives weak electronic coupling at the Fermi surface. This suggests some possible ways to reduce contact resistance. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S000 3-6951(99)00715-9].