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Fabrication and Property Investigation of Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains

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In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotube Nucleation Mechanism and Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains

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Abstract

Metal atomic chains (MACs) are extremely small one-dimensional structures [1]. They have unique physical properties due to the special structures, such as quantized conductance, quantum magnetoresistivity, and so on [2–5]. Therefore, MACs based devices have been proposed, such as the quantum electronic switches and integrated circuits of quantum electronic logic units [6]. However, due to the ultra-small dimensions of MACs, the manipulation, connection, and fabrication are extremely challenging. As we know, CNTs are one-dimensional structures with excellent electrical properties [7]. Recently, the fabrication of CNTs based nanodevices is becoming mature, and applications such as ballistic quantum wires, field-effect transistors and integrated circuits have been reported [8–10]. In addition, it was found that CNTs could form strong covalent bonds with metals, and the interface between them has small scattering for electron and spin transport [11, 12]. In this thesis, a new hybrid structure is designed, i.e. CNT-clamped MACs, in which CNTs are used as nanoscale conducting wires for the connection of MACs.

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Tang, DM. (2013). Fabrication and Property Investigation of Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains. In: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotube Nucleation Mechanism and Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37259-9_4

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