ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES

Authors
CHAUVET O FORRO L ZUPPIROLI L DEHEER WA
Citation
O. Chauvet et al., ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES, Synthetic metals, 86(1-3), 1997, pp. 2311-2312
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
86
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2311 - 2312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1997)86:1-3<2311:EOACN>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The electronic properties of aligned carbon nanotube films have been i nvestigated by conduction electron spin resonance (CESR) and transport measurements. Hall effect and CESR reveal that the nanotubes behave l ike a semimetal with 10(19) carriers/cm(3) at room temperature. The in trinsic resistivity is an order of magnitude lower than the de resisti vity of the films. Strong deviations in the physical characteristics s uggest a charge-carrier localisation below 40 K. Low level of doping w ith Potassium strongly modifies the electronic properties of the nanot ubes.