Abstract
The current-voltage characteristics of several different types of material with partially metallic conductivity show similar nonlinearities. We analyze the current-voltage characteristics and their temperature dependence for metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) suspended between electrodes and show their consistency with calculations for fluctuation-assisted tunnelling and activated conduction. We also make a comparison with earlier data on the current-voltage characteristics of networks of SWNTs and a SWNT rope.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 919-924 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Current Applied Physics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Multinational Cooperation Project on Quantum Transport in Synthetic Metals II with contract No. M6-0301-00-0005 by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Korea.
Keywords
- Carbon nanotubes
- Current-voltage characteristics
- Tunnelling