Electron Transport in Carbon Nanotubes Shaun Ard Physics 672
Nanotubes: Basics Composed of “rolled up” graphene sheets Singly and Multi-walled varieties Fully characterized by the chiral vector Ch = n â1 + m â2 Kohlenstoffnanoroehre Animation Copyright Alain Rochefort A. Maiti, Caron Nanotubes: Band gap engineering with strain, Nature Materials 2 (2003) 440
Electronic Properties: Theory 1-D band structure calculated from 2-D graphene band structure using “zone folding” scheme Ekμ= E2D(k*K2/|K2|+μK1) K1=(-t2b1+ t1b2)/ N K2=(mb1- nb2)/ N (5,5) (9,0) (10,0) V. Popov, Carbon nanotubes: properties and applications, Materials Science and Engineering R 43 (2004) 61-102
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) capable to probe both structure and electronic density of states simultaneously. Evidence of both semi-conducting and metallic behavior based on (n,m) index. T.W. Odomet al, Atomic Structure and Electronic Properties of Single-Walled Nanotubes, Nature (London) 391 (1998) 62
Nanotube Contacts: Bulk and End Connected
Coulomb blockade M. Bockrath, D. Cobden, P. McEuen, N. Chopra, A. Zettl, A. Thess, R. E. Smalley, Single-Electron Transport in Ropes of Carbon Nanotubes , Science 275 (1997) 1922
Coulomb Blockade Only? M. Bockrath, D. Cobden, Jia Lu, A. Rinzler, R. Smalley, L. Balents, P. McEuen, Luttinger-liquid behaviour in carbon nanotubes, Nature 397 (1999) 598
Luttinger Liquid Behavior? M. Bockrath, D. Cobden, Jia Lu, A. Rinzler, R. Smalley, L. Balents, P. McEuen, Luttinger-liquid behaviour in carbon nanotubes, Nature 397 (1999) 598
Even More Exotic Physics B. Babic and C. Schönenberger, Observation of Fano resonances in single-wall carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 70 (2004) 195408
Fano Resonances B. Babic and C. Schönenberger, Observation of Fano resonances in single-wall carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 70 (2004) 195408
Frequency Dependant Studies
Frequency Dependant Studies cont.
Many Areas of Current and Continued Study Composite structures S. Shi et al., Electronic transport properties of multiwall carbon nanotubes/yttria-stabilized zirconia composites, J. Appl. Phys. 101, (2007) 023708 Crossed junctions J. Park et al., Electrical transport through crossed carbon nanotube junctions, J. Appl. Phys. 93, (2003) 4191 Aharonov–Bohm effect A. Bachtold et al., Aharonov–Bohm oscillations in carbon nanotubes, Nature 397 (1999), 673