Electrical resistance of a single carbon nanotube

A. Yu. Kasumov; I. I. Khodos; P. M. Ajayan; C. Colliex

doi:doi:10.1209/epl/i1996-00474-0

Electrical resistance of a single carbon nanotube DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1996-00474-0

Europhys. Lett, 34 (6), pp. 429-434 (1996)

Electrical resistance of a single carbon nanotube

A. Yu. Kasumov , I. I. Khodos , P. M. Ajayan and C. Colliex

Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, RAS, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia
Laboratoire de Physique des Solides associé au CNRS, URA 002, Bâtiment 510, Université Paris-Sud - 91405 Orsay, France

(received 12 May 1995; accepted in final form 1 April 1996)

PACS. 68.70+w - Whiskers and dendrites (growth, structure, and nonelectronic properties).
PACS. 72.20My - Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects.
PACS. 73.25+i - Surface conductivity and carrier phenomena.

Abstract:

A single multiwalled carbon nanotube with an outside diameter of about 12 nm and an inside diameter of about 4 nm has been isolated in order to measure its electrical properties (resistivity, transverse magnetoresistance and temperature dependence of resistance). The semi-metallic character of the conductance of the selected nanotube is concluded from these measurements.