Abstract

The impact of metallic carbon nanotubes on a carbon nanotube (CNT) network structure is evaluated. Metallic tubes reduce the mobility of CNT networks, thus reducing their switching speed in electronic devices. It is anticipated that certain CNT network layouts or topologies will be more resilient to the impact of metallic tubes. Classes of networks have been identified such as regular, random, and scale-free. This study considers the performance of a variety of network classes in the presence of a metallic tube. Mathematica commands are included in this report to demonstrate the operation of the software tool implementing the analysis as well as the theory behind its operation. While these results provide direction for possible nanotube topology design rules, more work needs to be done to verify and extend these results.