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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Effects of local structural defects on the electron transport in a carbon nanotube between Cu electrodes
Contributor:
Gao, Feng;
Qu, Jianmin;
Yao, Matthew
Published:
AIP Publishing, 2010
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters, 97 (2010) 24
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1063/1.3527918
ISSN:
0003-6951;
1077-3118
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Using the first-principles approach with the Landauer formalism, we studied the effects of monovacancy and Stone–Wales defects on the electrical conductance of carbon nanotube (CNT) itself and its junction with copper electrodes. We found that the Stone–Wales defect has almost negligible impact on the electrical performance of the CNT(5,5) and its junction with copper at the Fermi level, while the monovacancy can reduce the electrical conductance of the CNT(5,5) significantly and that of the Cu/CNT(5,5)/Cu junction by more than 30%.