Carbon nanotube "T Junctions": formation pathways and conductivity |
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Authors: | Menon Madhu Andriotis Antonis N Srivastava Deepak Ponomareva Inna Chernozatonskii Leonid A |
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Institution: | Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA. super250@pop.uky.edu |
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Abstract: | Using tight-binding molecular dynamics we simulate the formation of single wall carbon nanotube T junctions via the fusing of two nanotubes. We propose energetically efficient pathways for this process in which all atoms maintain their sp(2) arrangements throughout. Recent experimental advances have greatly increased the plausibility of synthesizing T junctions as proposed in the simulations. We further report I-V characteristics of the formed junctions. |
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