Physics and applications of aligned carbon nanotubes

Y Lan, Y Wang, ZF Ren - Advances in Physics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Ever since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by Iijima in 1991, there have been
extensive research efforts on their synthesis, physics, electronics, chemistry, and …

Nanotube field electron emission: principles, development, and applications

Y Li, Y Sun, JTW Yeow - Nanotechnology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
There is a growing trend to apply field emission (FE) electron sources in vacuum electronic
devices due to their fast response, high efficiency and low energy consumption compared to …

Production of controlled architectures of aligned carbon nanotubes by an injection chemical vapour deposition method

C Singh, MSP Shaffer, AH Windle - Carbon, 2003 - Elsevier
High purity, aligned multi-wall carbon nanotube films were grown on quartz substrates by
injecting a solution of ferrocene in toluene into a suitable reaction furnace. The injection …

Effect of length and spacing of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on field emission properties

SH Jo, Y Tu, ZP Huang, DL Carnahan… - Applied Physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The length and the spacing of carbon nanotube (CNT) films are varied independently to
investigate their effect on the field-emission characteristics of the vertically aligned CNT films …

Preparation and characterization of carbon nanotube-hybridized carbon fiber to reinforce epoxy composite

F An, C Lu, Y Li, J Guo, X Lu, H Lu, S He, Y Yang - Materials & Design, 2012 - Elsevier
The multiscale carbon nanotube-hybridized carbon fiber was prepared by a newly
developed aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition. Scanning electron microscopy and …

Deep reactive ion etching as a tool for nanostructure fabrication

YQ Fu, A Colli, A Fasoli, JK Luo, AJ Flewitt… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) is investigated as a tool for the realization of
nanostructures and architectures, including nanopillars, silicon nanowires or carbon …

Noncatalytic synthesis of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphite on SiC

ZG Cambaz, G Yushin, S Osswald, V Mochalin… - Carbon, 2008 - Elsevier
Graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNT) can be produced by vacuum decomposition of SiC,
but discrepancies and conflicting data in the literature limit the use of this method for CNT …

[PDF][PDF] The growth of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with different morphologies on carbon fibers

ZG Zhao, LJ Ci, HM Cheng, JB Bai - Carbon, 2005 - Citeseer
Only a few reports discussed CNTs being synthesized on carbon substrates [3, 4]. No study
has been reported yet concerning the growth of aligned CNTs on carbon substrates. CNTs …

Synthesis and field emission properties of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays on copper

S Neupane, M Lastres, M Chiarella, W Li, Q Su, G Du - Carbon, 2012 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis of periodic arrays of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with different
densities on copper substrate by employing nanosphere lithography (NSL) and plasma …

Direct growth of aligned carbon nanotube field emitter arrays onto plastic substrates

S Hofmann, C Ducati, B Kleinsorge… - Applied Physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The direct growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes onto flexible plastic substrates
using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition is reported. We show that individual …