Y-junction carbon nanotubes
- 16 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 77 (16), 2530-2532
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1319185
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes with junctions are considered to be of potential value in nanoelectronics. A simple pyrolysis procedure for producing Y-junction carbon nanotubes is described. The method involves the pyrolysis of the organometallic precursor, nickelocene, along with thiophene at 1273 K. Tunneling conductance measurements showed that at the junction, the characteristics are asymmetric with respect to zero bias as in a junction diode.
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