title: Melting of metallic electrodes and their flowing through a carbon nanotube channel within a device.
abstract: Evidence is presented of a new cause of Joule heating within a simple electronic device involving a multiwalled carbon nanotube (CNT) mounted on two metal electrodes forming an electrical circuit. This time-resolved, high-resolution in situ observation of metal electrode material melting and its flow driven by the thermomigration and electromigration forces through the CNT channel sheds an additional light on the effects affecting the real electrical performance of the CNT-based devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
authors.forename: Rujia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kaibing
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Aijiang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Junqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Dmitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golberg
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008422:Materials Testing; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013814:Thermal Conductivity
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon