Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid and Coulomb blockade in multiwall carbon nanotubes under pressure

We report that the conductance of macroscopic multiwall nanotube (MWNT) bundles under pressure shows power laws in temperature and voltage, as corresponding to a network of bulk-bulk connected Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (LLs). Contrary to individual MWNTs, where the observed power laws are attribute...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2006-10, Vol.97 (17), p.176401-176401, Article 176401
Main Authors: Monteverde, M, Garbarino, G, Núñez-Regueiro, M, Souletie, J, Acha, C, Jing, X, Lu, L, Pan, Z W, Xie, S S, Egger, R
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Language:English
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Summary:We report that the conductance of macroscopic multiwall nanotube (MWNT) bundles under pressure shows power laws in temperature and voltage, as corresponding to a network of bulk-bulk connected Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (LLs). Contrary to individual MWNTs, where the observed power laws are attributed to Coulomb blockade, the measured ratio for the end and bulk obtained exponents, approximately 2.4, can be accounted for only by LL theory. At temperatures characteristic of interband separation, it increases due to thermal population of the conducting sheets unoccupied bands.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.97.176401