Electron transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes

The electronic transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes as building blocks (ON-CNTs) are investigated within the framework of a multiterminal Landauer-Buttiker formalism using an s,p(x),p(y),p(z) parameterization of the tight-binding Hamiltonian for carbon. The networks exhibi...

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Published in:Nanotechnology 2008-08, Vol.19 (31), p.315704-315704 (5)
Main Authors: Romo-Herrera, J M, Terrones, M, Terrones, H, Meunier, Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CARBON
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER NETWORKS
DEFECTS
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRONS
HAMILTONIANS
NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
NANOTUBES
TRAJECTORIES
TRANSPORT
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Summary:The electronic transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes as building blocks (ON-CNTs) are investigated within the framework of a multiterminal Landauer-Buttiker formalism using an s,p(x),p(y),p(z) parameterization of the tight-binding Hamiltonian for carbon. The networks exhibit electron pathway selectiveness, which is shown to depend on the atomic structure of the network nodes imposed by the specific architecture of the network and the distribution of its defects (non-hexagonal rings). This work represents the first understandings towards leading current through well-defined trajectories along an organic nanocircuit.
ISSN:0957-4484
1361-6528
DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/19/31/315704