... CVD, low temperature, photoacousticIntroductionAs semiconductor technology continues to advance, resulting inprogressive reductions of device feature sizes and expansion of application opportunities, ... sub-strate is at least an order of magnitude less than the room- temperature phonon mean free path of CNTs ͑approximately150 nm ͓15͔͒. Therefore, phonon transport through the contacts isballistic ͓16,17͔, ... dendrimer-assisted catalysis tech-nique, such control over CNT characteristics has been demon-Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOUR-NAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received...