Anomalous temperature dependence of the resistivity of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Authors
Andriotis, AN Menon, M Froudakis, GE
Citation
An. Andriotis et al., Anomalous temperature dependence of the resistivity of single-wall carbon nanotubes, PHYS REV B, 61(20), 2000, pp. R13393-R13396
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
20
Year of publication
2000
Pages
R13393 - R13396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20000515)61:20<R13393:ATDOTR>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The anomalous behavior of conductivity observed in experiment of single-wal l carbon nanotubes is shown to be due to the effects of residual transition metal catalysts residing in close contact with the nanotube walls. A combi nation of analysis of the density of states based on the tight-binding mole cular dynamics and a simple model calculation provides a good description o f the resistivity behavior observed in experiment.