Published October 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonlinear interlayer transport in the aligned carbon nanotube films and graphite

  • 1. Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics RAS, Mokhovaya 11-7, 125009 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Neel Institute, CNRS, 25 Rue Des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble (France)
  • 3. National Laboratory of Pulsed Magnetic Fields, 143 Av. de Rangueil, 31400 Toulouse (France)

Description

Interlayer tunneling spectroscopy on graphite stacked junctions and on aligned carbon nanotube (ACN) films shows universal zero bias anomaly (dip) for both type of objects. For graphite this anomaly disappears above 30K while for aligned nanotube films that persists up to 350K. We consider this anomaly as a pseudogap that appears due to a presence of interlayer correlated state. In a presence of magnetic field of 1-10T oriented across the layers we found characteristic peaks on interlayer tunneling spectra of graphite mesas. Their voltage position and square root dependence on magnetic field let us to identify the origin of those peaks to be related with interlayer tunneling between Landau levels (LLs) in graphite typical for Dirac fermions in graphene.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/129/1/012032

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
129
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International conference on theoretical physics
Acronym
DUBNA-NANO2008
Dates
7-11 Jul 2008
Place
Dubna (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41038976
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FERMIONS; GRAPHITE; LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THIN FILMS; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; ELEMENTS; FILMS; MINERALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; SPECTRA