Negative Differential Conductivity in Carbon Nanotubes
- 10 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (2), 362-365
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.362
Abstract
A theoretical model and computations of the characteristics of long carbon nanotubes in a strong axial dc field at room temperature is presented. Negative differential conductivity is predicted. It is shown that for metal carbon nanotubes in the region of the negative differential conductivity significantly exceeds corresponding values for semiconducting ones. The predicted effect would enable the design of wave-generating nanotube-based diodes for submillimeter and infrared ranges.
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