Superconductivity in ropes of carbon nanotubes

dc.creator	Ferrier, M.
dc.creator	De Martino, A.
dc.creator	Kasumov, A.
dc.creator	Gueron, S.
dc.creator	Kociak, M.
dc.creator	Egger, R.
dc.creator	Bouchiat, H.
dc.date	2004-05-19
dc.date.accessioned	2026-07-25T23:11:23Z
dc.description	Recent experimental and theoretical results on intrinsic superconductivity in ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes are reviewed and compared. We find strong experimental evidence for superconductivity when the distance between the normal electrodes is large enough. This indicates the presence of attractive phonon-mediated interactions in carbon nanotubes, which can even overcome the repulsive Coulomb interactions. The effective low-energy theory of rope superconductivity explains the experimental results on the temperature-dependent resistance below the transition temperature in terms of quantum phase slips. Quantitative agreement with only one fit parameter can be obtained. Nanotube ropes thus represent superconductors in an extreme 1D limit never explored before.
dc.description	19 pages, 9 figures, to appear in special issue of Sol. State Comm
dc.identifier	https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405449
dc.identifier	http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405449
dc.identifier	Sol. St. Comm. 131, 615 (2004)
dc.identifier	doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.044
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/96261
dc.subject	Superconductivity
dc.subject	Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.title	Superconductivity in ropes of carbon nanotubes
dc.type	text

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