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Published on: December 7, 2015
Correlation between the mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes
Shintaro Sawaya1, Seiji Akita, Yoshikazu Nakayama
1Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
Abstract:
Correlation between the maximum allowable currents and the Young's moduli of the same individual carbon nanotubes was investigated in terms of current-voltage characteristics and the resonant frequencies of the cantilevered nanotubes. The maximum allowable current increases with increasing Young's modulus and saturates around 3 microA nm(-1) at Young's modulus higher than 1 TPa, indicating that electrical conduction is related to the defect density on the defective nanotube.
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