First-Principles Phase-Coherent Transport in Metallic Nanotubes with Realistic Contacts
- 14 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 90 (10) , 106801
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.106801
Abstract
We present first-principles calculations of phase coherent electron transport in a carbon nanotube (CNT) with realistic contacts. We focus on the zero-bias response of open metallic CNT’s considering two archetypal contact geometries (end and side) and three commonly used metals as electrodes (Al, Au, and Ti). Our ab initio electrical transport calculations make, for the first time, quantitative predictions on the contact transparency and the transport properties of finite metallic CNT’s. Al and Au turn out to make poor contacts while Ti is the best option of the three.Keywords
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