Carbon
nanotubes have the potential to be used for smaller and faster
computer chips, but static electricity poses serious problems
with nanoscale elements in a circuit. The result of a small
zap destabilizes the nanotubes, making them useless as a semiconductor.
To find out how severe the problem is, Rensselaer researchers
Pawel Keblinski and Saroj Nayak combined quantum mechanics
in theoretical computer simulations with classical electrostatics
analysis.
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Carbon
nanotubes have the potential to be used for smaller and faster
computer chips, but static electricity poses serious problems
with nanoscale elements in a circuit. The result of a small
zap destabilizes the nanotubes, making them useless as a semiconductor.
To find out how severe the problem is, Rensselaer researchers
Pawel Keblinski and Saroj Nayak combined quantum mechanics
in theoretical computer simulations with classical electrostatics
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