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Subnanometer Motion of Cargoes Driven by Thermal Gradients along Carbon Nanotubes
A. Barreiro, R. Rurali, E.R. Hernandez, J. Moser, T. Pichler, L. Forro, and A. Bachtold
Science 320, 775 (2008) Download PDF, Supporting information

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Imaging Mechanical Vibrations in Suspended Graphene Sheets
D. Garcia-Sanchez, A. M. van der Zande, A. San Paulo, B. Lassagne, P. L. McEuen, and A. Bachtold
Nano Lett. 8, 1399 (2008) Download PDF, Supporting information

The environment of graphene probed by electrostatic force microscopy
J. Moser, A. Verdaguer, D. Jiménez, A. Barreiro, and A. Bachtold
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 123507 (2008) Download PDF

Detecting Individual Electrons Using a Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor
A. Gruneis, M. J. Esplandiu, D. Garcia-Sanchez, and A. Bachtold
Nano Lett. 7, 3766 (2007) Download PDF
(highlighted in Nature Nanotechnology PDF)

Current-induced cleaning of graphene
J. Moser, A. Barreiro, and A. Bachtold
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 163513 (2007) Download PDF

Mechanical Detection of Carbon Nanotube Resonator Vibrations
D. Garcia-Sanchez, A. San Paulo, M. J. Esplandiu, F. Perez-Murano, L. Forro, A. Aguasca, and A. Bachtold
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 085501 (2007) Download PDF

Control of the single-wall carbon nantube mean diameter in sulphur promoted aerosol-assited chemical vapour deposition
A. Barreiro, C. Kramberger, M.H. Rummeli, A. Grueneis, D. Grimm, S. Hampel, T. Gemming, B. Buechner, A. Bachtold and T. Pichler
Carbon 45, 55 (2007) Download PDF

Thermal Decomposition of Ferrocene as a Method for Production of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes without Additional Carbon Sources
A. Barreiro, S. Hampel, M.H. Rümmeli, C. Kramberger, A. Gruneis, K. Biedermann, A. Leonhardt, T. Gemming, B. Buchner, A. Bachtold, and T. Pichler
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 20973 (2006) Download PDF
Beyond the linearity of current-voltage characteristics in multiwalled carbon nanotube
B Bourlon, C Miko, L Forro, D C Glattli, and A Bachtold
Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21, S33 (2006). Download PDF
Cotunneling and one-dimensional localization in individual disordered single-wall carbon nanotubes: Temperature dependence of the intrinsic resistance
B. Gao, D. C. Glattli, B. Placais, and A. Bachtold
Phys. Rev. B 74, 085410 (2006).Download PDF
 
Four-Point Resistance of Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube
B. Gao, Y. F. Chen, M. S. Fuhrer, D. C. Glattli, A. Bachtold
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 196802 (2005). Download PDF
 
Determination of the Intershell Conductance in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
B. Bourlon, C. Miko, L. Forro, D.C. Glattli, A. Bachtold
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 176806 (2004).Download PDF
 
Evidence for Luttinger liquid behavior in crossed metallic single-wall nanotubes
B. Gao, A. Komnik, R. Egger, D.C. Glattli, A. Bachtold
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 216804 (2004).Download PDF
Carbon Nanotube Based Bearing for Rotational Motions
B. Bourlon, D.C. Glattli, C. Miko, L. Forro, A. Bachtold
Nano Lett. 4, 709 (2004) Download PDF
 
Geometrical Dependence of High-Bias Current in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
B. Bourlon, D.C. Glattli, B. Placais, J.M. Berroir, L. Forro, A. Bachtold
Physical Review Letters 92, 026804 (2004). Download PDF
Nanotubes speed up
A. Bachtold
Physics World 15 (8), 22 (2002) Download PDF
 
Transport through the interface between a semiconducting carbon nanotube and a metal electrode
T. Nakanishi, A. Bachtold, and C. Dekker
Physical Review B 66, 073307, (2002) Download PDF
 
Multi-wall carbon nanotubes as quantum dots
M. Buitelaar, A. Bachtold, T. Nussbaumer, M. Iqbal and C. Schonenberger
Physical Review Letters, 88, 156801, (2002) Download PDF
 
Logic circuits with Carbon nanotube transistors
A. Bachtold, P. Hadley, T. Nakanishi and C. Dekker
Science 294, 1317 (2001). Download PDF
 
Suppression of tunneling into multi-wall carbon nanotubes
A. Bachtold, M. de Jonge, K. Grove-Rasmussen, P.L. McEuen, M. Buitelaar, C. Schonenberger
Physical Review Letters, 87, 166801, (2001) Download PDF
 
Scanning Thermal Microscopy of Carbon Nanotubes Using Batch-Fabricated Probes
L. Shi, S. Plyasunov, A. Bachtold, P.L. McEuen and A. Majumdar
Applied Physics Letters 77, 4295 (2000). Download PDF
 
Scanned probe microscopy of electronic transport in carbon nanotubes
A. Bachtold, M. S. Fuhrer, S. Plyasunov, M. Forero, A. Zettl and P. McEuen
Physical Review Letters, 84, 6082 (2000) Download PDF
 
Interference and interaction in multiwall carbon nanotubes
C. Schonenberger, A. Bachtold, C. Strunk, J.-P. Salvetat and L. Forro
Applied Physics A 69, 283, (1999). Download PDF
 
Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in carbon nanotubes
A. Bachtold, C. Strunk, J.-P. Salvetat, J.-M. Bonard, L. Forro, T. Nussbaumer and C. Schonenberger
Nature 397, 673, (1999) Download PDF
 
Contacting carbon nanotubes selectively with low-ohmic contacts for four-probe electric measurements
A. Bachtold, M. Henny, C. Terrier, C. Strunk, C. Schonenberger, J.-P. Salvetat, J.-M. Bonard and L. Forro, Applied Physics Letters 73, 274, (1998) Download PDF
 
Contacting single template synthesized nanowires for electric measurements
A. Bachtold, C.Terrier, M. Kruger, M. Henny, T. Hoss, C. Strunk, R. Huber, H. Birk, U.Staufer and C. Schonenberger
Microelectronic Engineering 41/42, 571, (1998) Download PDF
 
Electron heating effects in diffusive metal wires
M. Henny, H. Birk, R. Huber, C. Strunk, A. Bachtold, M. Kruger and C. Schonenberger
Applied Physics Letters 71, 773 (1997) Download PDF
 
Template-synthesis of nanowires in porous polycarbonate membranes: electrochemistry and morphology
C. Schonenberger, B. M. I. van der Zande, L. G. J. Fokkink, M. Henny, C. Schmid, M. Kruger, A. Bachtold , R. Huber, H. Birk and U. Staufer
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101, 5597, (1997) Download PDF