Growth, Characterization, and Potential Applications of Periodic Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Abstract

Periodically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays have been grown on Ni dots made by nanosphere lithography. Optical characterization reveals strong interaction between the nanotubes' surface and incident light. Periodic CNT arrays interact strongly with light because their feature size is on the order of a light wave. It is believed that resonant structures such as these will be of interest in many applications where there is a desire to have efficient interaction between a material system and visible to near-infrared electromagnetic radiation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA501736

Entities

People

  • B. Kimball
  • D. L. Carnahan
  • D. Steeves
  • D. V. Rao
  • Dezhen Wang
  • J. Rybczynski
  • J. Y. Lao
  • K. Kempa
  • M. Giersig
  • M. Sennett
  • P. F. Wu
  • W. Z. Li
  • Yanjun Tu
  • Z. P. Huang
  • Zheng Ren

Organizations

  • Boston College

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beam Lithography
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Fullerenes
  • Lithography
  • Materials
  • Microscopy
  • Nanomaterials
  • Optical Properties
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Scattering
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Vapor Deposition

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics