A Simple, Reliable Technique for Making Electrical Contact to Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

P. J. de Pablo; Elton Graugnard; B. Walsh; R. P. Andres; S. Datta; R. Reifenberger

A Simple, Reliable Technique for Making Electrical Contact to Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

P. J. de Pablo, Elton Graugnard, B. Walsh, R. P. Andres, S. Datta, R. Reifenberger

Purdue University

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Abstract

A simple method of making reliable electrical contact to multiwalled carbon nanotubes is described. With these contacts, current in the mA range can be routinely passed through individual multiwalled nanotubes without adverse consequences, thus allowing their resistance to be measured using a common multimeter. The contacts are robust enough to withstand temperature excursions between room temperature and 77 K. I(V) data from different multiwalled nanotubes are presented and analyzed.

Original language	American English
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	74
Issue number	2
State	Published - 11 Jan 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

carbon nanotubes
electrical contacts
reliability

EGS Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering

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