Adsorption-induced conversion of the carbon nanotube field effect transistor from ambipolar to unipolar behavior
Author(s) -
DongHun Kang,
Noejung Park,
Jaewoong Hyun,
Eunju Bae,
JuHye Ko,
Jinhee Kim,
Wanjun Park
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1869548
Subject(s) - ambipolar diffusion , carbon nanotube , carbon nanotube field effect transistor , field effect transistor , materials science , nanotube , carbon nanotube quantum dot , transistor , nanotechnology , chemical physics , optoelectronics , electron , chemistry , electrical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , voltage , engineering
We investigate ambipolar to unipolar transition by the effect of ambient air on the carbon nanotube field-effect transistor. A unipolar transport property of the double-walled nanotube field-effect transistor and its conversion from ambipolar behavior are observed. We suggest that adsorptions of oxygen molecules, whose lowest-unoccupied-molecular-orbital state is around the midgap of the carbon nanotube, could suppress the electron channel formation and, consequently, result in the unipolar transport behavior.open343
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