Arbon Nanotube Unctions and Devices Contents 1 Carbon Nanotubes 1 2 Electron Addition and Excitation Spectroscopy of an Individual Single-wall Carbon Nanotube Molecule 13

Carbon nanotubes are molecules entirely made of carbon atoms. Owing to their special shape, they are extremely stiff but also very flexible. The electronic properties are determined by the exact symmetry of the nanotube lattice, resulting in either metallic or semiconducting behavior. Due to their small diameter, electronic motion is directed in the length direction of the nanotube, making them ideal systems to study e.g. one-dimensional transport phenomena.