Contact phenomena in carbon nanotubes
Poor screening of the long-range Coulomb interaction in one-dimensional carbon nanotubes results in a peculiar picture of contact phenomena. Being brought to a contact with a metal, conducting nanotube accumulates electric charge whose density decays slowly with the distance from the contact. This s...
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Published in | Physica. B, Condensed matter Vol. 284; pp. 1752 - 1753 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.07.2000
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Summary: | Poor screening of the long-range Coulomb interaction in one-dimensional carbon nanotubes results in a peculiar picture of contact phenomena. Being brought to a contact with a metal, conducting nanotube accumulates electric charge whose density decays slowly with the distance from the contact. This should be contrasted to a conventional metal–metal contact where the charge density decreases exponentially at atomic distances. Implications for experiments are discussed. |
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ISSN: | 0921-4526 1873-2135 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02920-8 |