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Negative differential resistance in nanotube devices

F. Leonard, J. Tersoff

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0010456

Abstract

Carbon nanotube junctions are predicted to exhibit negative differential resistance, with very high peak-to-valley current ratios even at room temperature. We treat both nanotube p-n junctions and undoped metal-nanotube-metal junctions, calculating quantum transport through the self-consistent potential within a tight-binding approximation. The undoped junctions in particular may be suitable for device integration.

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