title: Electron transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes.
abstract: The electronic transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes as building blocks (ON-CNTs) are investigated within the framework of a multiterminal Landauer-Buttiker formalism using an s,p(x),p(y),p(z) parameterization of the tight-binding Hamiltonian for carbon. The networks exhibit electron pathway selectiveness, which is shown to depend on the atomic structure of the network nodes imposed by the specific architecture of the network and the distribution of its defects (non-hexagonal rings). This work represents the first understandings towards leading current through well-defined trajectories along an organic nanocircuit.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Department, IPICYT, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Colonià Lomas 4a Sección, San Luis Potosí78216, Mexico.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Romo-Herrera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terrones
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terrones
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meunier