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Conductivity Measurements of Catalytically Synthesized Carbon Nanotubes

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Science and Application of Nanotubes

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Electrical transport measurements have been undertaken on individual multiwalled catalytically synthesized carbon nanotubes. Two different techniques have been employed: In the first one nanotubes have been deposited on top of goldelectrodes. In the second one, atomic force microscope nanolithography has been used to locally oxidize a Ti thin film structure deposited above a single nanotube, thereby defining a two probe electrode configuration. It is shown that the latter method results in a two orders of magnitude lower resistance than the former method, due to the reduced contact resistance.

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  1. Laboratorium voor Vaste-Stoffysica en Magnetisme, Katholieke, Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium

    M. Ahlskog, R.J.M. Vullers, E. Seynaeve & C. Van Haesendonck

  2. Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire, Facultés, Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000, Namur, Belgium

    A. Fonseca & J. B. Nagy

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  1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

    M. F. Thorpe (Series Editor), D. Tománek  & R. J. Enbody (Series Editor),  & 

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Ahlskog, M., Vullers, R., Seynaeve, E., Van Haesendonck, C., Fonseca, A., Nagy, J.B. (2002). Conductivity Measurements of Catalytically Synthesized Carbon Nanotubes. In: Thorpe, M.F., Tománek, D., Enbody, R.J. (eds) Science and Application of Nanotubes. Fundamental Materials Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47098-5_25

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