Theory of High-Field Transports in Metallic Single-Wall Nanotubes

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2012-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4078v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

10 pages, 5 figures

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Individual metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes show unsual non-Ohmic transport behaviors at high bias fields. For low resistance contact samples, the differential conductance dI/dV increases with increasing bias, reaching a maximum at $\sim$ 100mV. As the bias increases further, dI/dV drops dramatically [Yao et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2941 (2000)]. The higher the bias, the system behaves in a more normal (Ohmic) manner. This so-called zero-bias anomaly is temperature-dependent (50--150K). We propose a new interpretation. Supercurrent runs in the graphene wall below $\sim$ 150K. The normal conduction-electron currents run outside the wall, which are subject to the scattering by phonons and impurities. The currents along the tube induce circulating magnetic fields and eventually destroy the supercurrent in the wall at high enough bias, and restore the Ohmic behavior. If the prevalent ballistic electron model is adopted, then the scattering effects cannot be discussed.

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