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We consider the effects of Coulomb interactions on single-wall carbon nanotubes using an on-site Hubbard interaction, u. For the (N,N) armchair tubes the low energy theory is shown to be identical to a 2-chain Hubbard model at half-filling,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-28 Leon Balents , Matthew P. A. Fisher

Response of a single-walled carbon nanotube to external electric field, F, is calculated analytically within the classical electrostatics. Field-induced charge density distribution is approximately linear along the axis of metallic nanotube…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko , M. E. Raikh

To optimize the performance of multifunctional carbon nanotube-ferroelectric devices, it is necessary to understand both the polarization and charge dynamics effects on their transconductance. Directly comparing ferroelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-06 Cédric Blaser , Vincent Esposito , Patrycja Paruch

We study, numerically and analytically, a model of a one-dimensional array of carbon nanotube resonators in a two-terminal configuration. The system is brought into resonance upon application of an AC-signal superimposed on a DC-bias…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. Isacsson , J. M. Kinaret

Electronic properties of metal-finite semiconducting carbon nanotube interfaces are studied as a function of the nanotube length using a self-consistent tight-binding theory. We find that the shape of the potential barrier depends on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yongqiang Xue , Mark A. Ratner

We investigate linear and nonlinear transport across single-walled carbon nanotube quantum dots weakly coupled to spin-polarized leads. We consider tubes of finite length and small diameter, where not only forward scattering contributions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-29 Christoph Schenke , Sonja Koller , Leonhard Mayrhofer , Milena Grifoni

We present a data-calibrated compact model of carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistors (CNFETs) including contact resistance, direct source-to-drain and band-to-band tunneling currents. The model captures the effects of dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Chi-Shuen Lee , Eric Pop , Aaron D. Franklin , Wilfried Haensch , H. -S. Philip Wong

We investigate the electronic transport through a suspended carbon-nanotube quantum dot. In the presence of a magnetic field perpendicular to the nanotube and a nearby metallic gate, two forces act on the electrons: the Laplace and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-19 Gianluca Rastelli , Manuel Houzet , Leonid I. Glazman , Fabio Pistolesi

We investigate the effects of a transverse magnetic field on the transport properties of carbon nanotubes, making use of a long-wavelength description in terms of Dirac fermion fields. For values of the magnetic length smaller than the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Perfetto , J. Gonzalez , F. Guinea , S. Bellucci , P. Onorato

As the dimensions of electronic devices approach those of molecules, the size, geometry and chemical composition of the contact electrodes play increasingly dominant roles in device functions. It is shown here that single-walled carbon…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Pengfei Qi , Ali Javey , Marco Rolandi , Qian Wang , Erhan Yenilmez , Hongjie Dai

We investigate the properties of conduction electrons in single-walled armchair carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in the presence of both transverse electric and magnetic fields. We find that these fields provide a controlled means of tuning…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Wade DeGottardi , Tzu-Chieh Wei , Smitha Vishveshwara

Density functional methods have been used to calculate the electronic properties of aligned smalldiameter single-walled carbon nanotubes under hydrostatic pressures. Abrupt pressure induced semiconductor-metal and metal-semiconductor…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-08-27 Sumit Saxena , Trevor A. Tyson

We have investigated the effects of the interfacial bond arrangement on the electronic transport features of metal-nanotube-metal systems. The transport properties of finite, defect-free armchair and zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Ioannis Deretzis , Antonino La Magna

We have fabricated field effect transistors from carbon nanotubes using a novel selective placement scheme. We use carbon nanotubes that are covalently bound to molecules containing hydroxamic acid functionality. The functionalized…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-07-20 Christian Klinke , James B. Hannon , Ali Afzali , Phaedon Avouris

Choosing a suitable doping level of channel relevant to channel diameter is considered for determining the carbon nanotube field effect transistors' performance which seem to be the best substitute of current transistor technology. For low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-10 Shaahin G. Shirazi , Sattar Mirzakuchaki

In this letter, we demonstrate a strong dependence of the electrostatic deformation of doubly-clamped single-walled carbon nanotubes on both the field strength and the tube length, using molecular simulations. Metallic nanotubes are found…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Zhao Wang , Laetitia Philippe

We use numerical simulations to investigate the properties of metal contacts to three-dimensional arrays of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). For undoped arrays top-contacted with high or low work function metals, electrostatic screening is very…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 Aron W. Cummings , Julien Varennes , François Léonard

We study contact effects on electron transport across a molecular wire sandwiched between two semi-infinite (carbon) nanotube leads as a model for nanoelectrodes. Employing the Landauer scattering matrix approach we find that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Fagas , G. Cuniberti , K. Richter

We study the interface between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and surface-deposited titanium using electron microscopy and photoemission spectroscopy, supported by density functional calculations. Charge transfer from the Ti atoms to the nanotube…

Despite the great promise of carbon nanotube field effect transistors (CNT FETs) for applications in chemical and biochemical detection, a quantitative understanding of sensor responses is lacking. To explore the role of electrostatics in…