High temperature Luttinger liquid conductivity in carbon nanotube bundles

• The conductance and the current-voltage characteristics of metallic single wall carbon nanotube bundles have been measured between 4.2 and 330 K using 10–30 ns electric pulses to avoid overheating. The current-voltage characteristics at different temperatures collapse to a single curve when plotted in the specific coordinates following from the Tomonaga–Luttinger (T–L) liquid concept. Direct evidence is obtained for the existence of a T–L liquid phase up to 190 K and the system shows a transition between the T–L liquid state and a Mott insulating phase below 25 K.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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Carbon nanotubes

Single wall carbon nanotubes

SWCNT

resistivity

conductivity

Luttinger liquid

Mott insulator

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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