2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/103205The role of irradiation induced defects and temperature in the conducting properties of single-walled (10,10) carbon nanotubes has been analyzed by means of a first-principles approach. We find that di-vacancies modify strongly the energy dependence of the differential conductance, reducing also the number of contributing channels from two (ideal) to one. A small number of di-vacancies (5-9) brings up strong Anderson localization effects and a seemly universal curve for the resistance as a function of the number of defects. It is also shown that low temperatures, around 15-65 K, are enough to smooth out the fluctuations of the conductance without destroying the exponential dependence of the resistivity as a function of the tube length.4 pages, 4 figuresMaterials ScienceStrongly Correlated ElectronsAnderson localization in carbon nanotubes: defect density and temperature effectstext