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Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes: Modeling and Characterization

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A short introduction to the electronics properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is given and applied to the analysis of electric conductivity of isolated and bundled CNTs, either single-wall or multi-wall. The model of the electrical conductivity is presented in a wide frequency range, from DC to visible light. In the low-frequency range (up to the THz range), only intraband transitions are considered, whereas for higher frequencies also interband transitions are taken into account. The conductivity model is consistent with the classical Drude model and is able to describe novel phenomena associated with the signal propagation along CNTs, such as plasmon resonances of slow surface waves or intershell tunneling effect.

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The authors acknowledge the support of European Commission, under Projects FP7-612285 CANTOR and FP7-318617 FAEMCAR.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Via Di Biasio 43, 03043, Cassino, Italy

    Antonio Maffucci

  2. INFN—LNF, Via Enrico Fermi, 00044, Frascati, Italy

    Antonio Maffucci

  3. Institute for Nuclear Problem, Belarusian State University, Bobruiskaya 11, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    Sergey A. Maksimenko

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Giovanni Miano

  5. School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Gregory Ya. Slepyan

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Maffucci, A., Maksimenko, S.A., Miano, G., Slepyan, G.Y. (2017). Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes: Modeling and Characterization. In: Todri-Sanial, A., Dijon, J., Maffucci, A. (eds) Carbon Nanotubes for Interconnects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29746-0_4

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