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Table 4 Results of the contact resistance calculations for each interface (see Equation 1).

From: Evaluation of the nanotube intrinsic resistance across the tip-carbon nanotube-metal substrate junction by Atomic Force Microscopy

	Digital multimeter	k(1 N/m)	k(5 N/m)	Diamond_{(1 N/m)}	Diamond_{(5 N/m)}	Pt/Ir_{(1 N/m)}	Pt/Ir_{(5 N/m)}
R _tip				10⁴ Ω	10⁴ Ω	10² Ω	10² Ω
R _tip-CNT				110 kΩ	37.1 kΩ	3.9 kΩ	1.4 kΩ
R _{CNT-substrate}		3 kΩ	1 kΩ
R _substrate	0.1 Ω
R _{tip-substrate}				84.9 kΩ	29.4 kΩ	183.2 Ω	62.3 Ω
R _CNT						10⁵ Ω	10⁵ Ω

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