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We review transport measurements on single-walled carbon nanotubes contacted by metal electrodes. At room temperature some devices show transistor action similar to that of p-channel field effect transistors, while others behave as gate-voltage independent wires. At low temperatures transport is usually dominated by Coulomb blockade. In this regime the quantum eigenstates of the finite-length tubes can be studied. At higher temperatures power law behaviour is observed for the temperature and bias dependence of the conductance. This is consistent with tunneling into a one-dimensional Luttinger liquid in a nanotube. We also discuss recent developments in contacting nanotubes which should soon allow study of their intrinsic transport properties.
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Received: 17 May 1999 / Accepted 18 May 1999 / Published online: 4 August 1999
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Nygard, J., Cobden, D., Bockrath, M. et al. Electrical transport measurements on single-walled carbon nanotubes . Appl Phys A 69, 297–304 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390051004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390051004