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Three-terminal devices with conduction channels formed by quasi-metallic carbon nanotubes (CNT) are shown to operate as nanotube-based field-effect transistors under strong magnetic fields. This spectacular effect results from the Aharonov-Bohm phenomena at the origin of a band gap opening in metallic nanotubes. The off-state conductance of the devices varies exponentially with the magnetic flux intensity. We extract the quasi-metallic CNT chirality from the temperature-dependent magnetoconductance measurements.
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Fedorov, G. et al. (2008). Unveiling the Magnetically Induced Field-Effect in Carbon Nanotubes Devices. In: Murdin, B., Clowes, S. (eds) Narrow Gap Semiconductors 2007. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8425-6_27
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