Carbon Nanotubes as Molecular Quantum Wires
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 52 (5) , 22-28
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882658
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical molecules with a diameter of as little as 1 nanometer and a length up to many micrometers. They consist of only carbon atoms, and can essentially be thought of as a single layer of graphite that has been wrapped into a cylinder, (See figure 1 and the article by Thomas Ebbesen in PHYSICS TODAY, June 1996, page 26).Keywords
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