title: Correlation between the mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes.
abstract: Correlation between the maximum allowable currents and the Young's moduli of the same individual carbon nanotubes was investigated in terms of current-voltage characteristics and the resonant frequencies of the cantilevered nanotubes. The maximum allowable current increases with increasing Young's modulus and saturates around 3 microA nm(-1) at Young's modulus higher than 1 TPa, indicating that electrical conduction is related to the defect density on the defective nanotube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawaya
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akita
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakayama