Magnets trump metallics: Magnetic fields can turn highly conductive nanotubes into semiconductors
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 01:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists have been studying the Aharonov-Bohm effect -- the interaction between electrically charged particles and magnetic fields -- and how it relates to carbon nanotubes. While doing so, they came to the unexpected conclusion that magnetic fields can turn highly conductive nanotubes into semiconductors.