N.D. Lang, Ph. Avouris
Physical Review B - CMMP
The study of the intrinsic transport properties of carbon nanotubes suffers from the difficulties in fabricating noninvasive contacts. Here, we present a scheme for the investigation of transport phenomena in metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes by means of a special four-terminal measurement configuration. To suppress the impact of the contacts on the measured conductance in a tube, we found a combination of top and bottom contacts to the rope of single-wall nanotubes to be most appropriate. Our experimental findings demonstrate that a linear decrease of the sample resistance can be observed under these circumstances without the common increase of resistance for decreasing temperatures. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
N.D. Lang, Ph. Avouris
Physical Review B - CMMP
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