Electrically driven gallium movement in carbon nanotubes

Electrically driven gallium movement in carbon nanotubes is discussed. A higher current (∼15 mA) makes the gallium migrate sharply toward the anode, which increases its mass transport speed with time in the range of 0 to more than 10.345 fg s−1. In contrast, a lower current (∼2 mA) only drives gallium to contact the anode, which decreases the resistance of the nanocomposite sharply, from 2.564 kΩ to 0.4 Ω. These results are valuable for designing electrically driven nanomass delivery and nanoswitches, respectively. (paper)