Electrical resistance at carbon nanotube/copper interfaces: Capped versus open-end carbon nanotubes

Feng Gao, Jianmin Qu, Matthew Yao

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Abstract

This paper presents a study to compare the electrical resistance between a capped CNT/Cu interface and an open-end CNT/Cu interface. It is found that the capped CNT/Cu interface has (1) much weaker interfacial bond strength, due to the lack of dangling bonds of the carbon atoms at the CNT's capped end, as well as the reduced actual interfacial contact area, and (2) much higher electrical resistance because of the reduction and localization of density of states in the vicinity of the Fermi level.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-187
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume82
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2012

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotube
  • Density of states
  • Electrical resistance
  • Interface
  • Mulliken population

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