Leonard F. – TechConnect Briefs

Electrical Contacts to Nanotubes and Nanowires: Why Size Matters

Leonard F., Talin A.A., Sandia National Laboratories, US

Electrical contacts play a key role in electronics. As new materials such as nanotubes and nanowires are explored for nanoelectronics, the fundamental aspects of electrical contacts need to be re-examined due to the unique properties [...]

Quantum Transport in Nanotube Transistors

Leonard F., Sandia National Laboratories, US

We discuss recent calculations of electronic transport in a 10 nm long, three-terminal carbon nanotube device. By calculating self-consistently the electrostatic potential and charge in the device, we obtain the band bending along the nanotube [...]