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S&M780 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2009.596 Published: October 22, 2009 Single-Charge Sensitivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Multifunctional Quantum Transistor [PDF] Takafumi Kamimura and Kazuhiko Matsumoto (Received February 25, 2009; Accepted May 12, 2009) Keywords: single-walled carbon nanotube, resonant tunneling transistor, single-hole transistor, single-charge sensitivity
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) field-effect transistors show hysteresis in their electrical characteristics owing to the amorphous carbon around the carbon nanotube. Here, we show the reduction in the hysteresis characteristic by a refining process applied repeatedly to the carbon nanotube. Moreover, an SWNT multifunctional quantum transistor that shows a transition between resonant transistor (RTT) characteristics and single-hole transistor (SHT) characteristics with a change in applied gate voltage is developed. By fabricating a few charge storage units around the channel of a purified SWNT multifunctional quantum transistor, an abrupt discrete switching of the source-drain current is observed, which corresponds to the single-charge transition between a storage unit and an SWNT. In addition, storage energy was controlled by adjusting applied bias.
Corresponding author: Takafumi KamimuraCite this article Takafumi Kamimura and Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Single-Charge Sensitivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Multifunctional Quantum Transistor, Sens. Mater., Vol. 21, No. 7, 2009, p. 403-418. |