SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF CARBON NANOTUBES

被引:21
作者
RIVERA, W
PEREZ, JM
RUOFF, RS
LORENTS, DC
MALHOTRA, R
LIM, S
RHO, YG
JACOBS, EG
PINIZZOTTO, RF
机构
[1] SRI INT,MENLO PK,CA 94025
[2] UNIV CAUCA,POPAYAN,COLOMBIA
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1995年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1116/1.588374
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been used to obtain images and current-voltage (I-V) curves of carbon nanotubes produced by arc discharge of carbon electrodes. The STM I-V curves indicate that carbon nanotubes with diameters from 2.0 to 5.1 nm have a metallic density of states. Using STM, we also observe nanometer-size graphene sheets which are four graphite layers thick. The STM images of carbon nanotubes are in good agreement with transmission electron microscope images.
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