Investigations of electrical transport properties of individual carbon nanotubes with nanoprober

We investigated and discussed quantitatively the transport properties of individual multiwalled (MW) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by four-terminal measurement using a nanoprobing system. The homogeneity of the CNT was visibly examined using the electron beam absorbed current function of the nanoprober. The observed ohmic properties of the current-voltage characteristics and metallic transport properties of the CNTs proved that reliable contact of four probes was achieved on the outermost shell of MWCNTs. The experimental methodology was validated for the intrinsic properties of individual CNTs. Lower resistance per unit length was evaluated for thicker CNT. The measured resistance per unit length was lower than those reported by other researchers, but higher than ideally expected.