AVS 46th International Symposium
    Topical Conference on Emerging Opportunities and Issues in Nanotubes and Nanoelectronics Thursday Sessions
       Session NT+NS+EM+MS-ThM

Invited Paper NT+NS+EM+MS-ThM1
Carbon Nanotube Molecular Electronics

Thursday, October 28, 1999, 8:20 am, Room 6C

Session: Nanotubes: Nanoelectronics and Field Emission
Presenter: C. Dekker, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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I will present various recent results from electron transport measurements and scanning-probe microscopy on individual single-wall carbon nanotubes. Our early electrical transport work showed mesoscopic signatures at cryogenic temperatures. Additionally, a room-temperature transistor based on an individual semiconducting nanotube was established. Recent results in transport studies include first measurements on samples with low-ohmic contacts. The nanotubes are found to sustain very high current densities (~10^9 A/cm^2). I will show first measurements on kinked nanotubes, which act as an ontube intramolecular junctions. If time allows I may also present our results on AFM manipulation of nanotubes, and electrical measurements on manipulated nanotubes.