vibrational modes of carbon nanotubes spectroscopy and theory

... on carbon nanotubes We hope this book will contribute to the dissemination of present understanding of the subject and to future developments in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and ... properties of the nanotubes The symmetry groups for carbon nanotubes can be either symmorphic [such as armchair (n,n )and zigzag Physics of carbon nanotubes 29 Table Parameters of carbon nanotubes ... modes of carbon nanotubes: Spectroscopy and theory 129 R S RUOFF and D C KORENTS: Mechanical and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes ...

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... on carbon nanotubes We hope this book will contribute to the dissemination of present understanding of the subject and to future developments in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and ... properties of the nanotubes The symmetry groups for carbon nanotubes can be either symmorphic [such as armchair (n,n )and zigzag Physics of carbon nanotubes 29 Table Parameters of carbon nanotubes ... modes of carbon nanotubes: Spectroscopy and theory 129 R S RUOFF and D C KORENTS: Mechanical and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes ...

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... on carbon nanotubes We hope this book will contribute to the dissemination of present understanding of the subject and to future developments in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and ... properties of the nanotubes The symmetry groups for carbon nanotubes can be either symmorphic [such as armchair (n,n )and zigzag Physics of carbon nanotubes 29 Table Parameters of carbon nanotubes ... modes of carbon nanotubes: Spectroscopy and theory 129 R S RUOFF and D C KORENTS: Mechanical and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes ...

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... sensor response, and times of adsorption/desorption of screenprinted and dip-coated films sensing a flux of 150 mL of N2 with a charge of 1% NH3 Material Fig Optical properties of: (a) dip-coated ... adsorption/desorption, and the direction and amount of charge transfer Fig Photocurrent ratio of dip-coated TiO2 –MWCNT films and TiO2 films as a function of wavelenght The spectral response of TiO2 (broken line) and ... electrochemical and photoelectrochemical energy conversion and storage, synthesis and characterization of composites based in inorganic and organic semiconductors, and nanocarbon materials in energy and...

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... to 60 nm (c, d) Raman shift of the G and 2D bands, respectively The positions of both bands are shifted to higher energies The G band is around 1610 cm-1 and the 2D band around 2750 cm-1 This high ... centered at 1582 cm-1, and a 2D band at 2690 cm-1 The average up shift is then of 28 cm-1 for the G band, and of 60 (30) cm-1 for the 2D (D) band, respectively The G and 2D band Raman shift maps are ... FH and AM prepared the samples and carried out the LEED, Auger and STM measurements FH and PM performed the analysis of the LEED, Auger and STM data AT and JRH carried out the micro Raman spectroscopy...

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... performance of zigzag and chiral carbon nanotubes Xiaojian Tan1, Huijun Liu*1, Yanwei Wen1, Hongyan Lv1, Lu Pan1, Jing Shi*1, and Xinfeng Tang2 Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of ... dispersion and separation of carbon nanotubes Nat Mater 2003, 2:338-342 Figure Lattice thermal conductivity of tube (4,2) as a function of temperature Results from the Callaway-Holland model and the ... the NEGF and NEMD calculations HJL participated in the design of the study and discussions of the theoretical results YWW, HYL, and LP participated in the implementation of the LAMMPS and ATK...

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... properties of carbon nanotubes 1.1.3 Applications of carbon nanotubes 1.2 Motivation 1.3 Objective and scope of work 11 1.4 Layout of the thesis 13 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Buckling of CNTs ... achiral carbon nanotubes The latter comprises of both zigzag and armchair carbon nanotubes This categorization is done based on the orientation of carbon- carbon (C-C) bonds Orientation of C-C ... the shape of a cylinder Depending on the geometry of CNT, the following categories of CNT can be found Single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes CNTs as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)...

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... LIST OF SYMBOLS XV XVII CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Carbon Nanotubes 1.2.1 Discovery of Carbon Nanotubes 1.2.2 Bonding Structures of Carbon Nanotubes 1.2.3 Properties of Carbon Nanotubes ... Results and Discussion 4.3.1 Characterization of the As-Grown Carbon Nanotubes 4.3.2 Catalytic Growth Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes 4.3.3 Function of Metal Catalyst in CNT Growth 4.3.4 Growth Rate of ... the tube axis, and a1 and a2 are the unit vectors of graphene in real space Fig 1.4 Schematic illustration of sp1, sp2 and sp3 hybrid carbon orbitals Fig 1.5 Illustration of energy of the electrons...

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... emission mass, barrier height of the emitter F is the local field, ε0 is the permittivity of free space, emitters, 21 Chapter Physics of Field Emission and t(y) and υ(y) are the Nordheim elliptic ... electron emission mechanism The slope of the linear region of the F-N plot is a function of both β and Ø, which can be expressed as below by transformation of the Eq (2.3): φ3/ Slope = −6.83 × ... low and high electrical field This deviation might be due to the space charge effects, overheating of the emitter tips or the low concentration of the carriers in the tips, conduction band of...

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... various materials, including carbon and carbon related materials (diamond, nanocrystalline diamond and CNTs, etc.) and non -carbon advanced materials, such as GaN, SiC, Ga2O3 and silicon whiskers [18] ... representing the order of diffraction, λ is the wavelength, d is the interplanar spacing of the reflecting (diffracting) plane, and θ is the angle of the incidence and of the diffraction of the radiation ... measurements of the work functions and band structures of the solid, the surface and adsorbed layers [27, 28] In this study, UPS technique was used to measure the work functions of the samples Photons of...

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... covered with amorphous carbon, which is the product of the thermal deposition of hydrocarbon [3] 52    Chapter Synthesis of Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes In terms of other CNT growth approaches, ... Schematic setup of the PECVD system used 55    Chapter Synthesis of Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes 4.3 Results and Discussion 4.3.1 Characterization of the As-Grown Carbon Nanotubes Fig 4.2 ... Synthesis of Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes 18 S Hofmann, B Kleinsorge, C Ducati, A C Ferrari, and J Roberson, Diamond Relat Mater 13, 1171 (2004) 19 M Meyyappan, Carbon Nanotubes: Science and...

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... primarily c composed of carbon Fig 6.5 shows the carbon 1s core level XPS spectrum of the film Two peaks with the binding energy (BE) of 284.5 and 285.2 eV confirm a high sp3 content of 126 Chapter ... Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell Nanostructures make electrons eject at a pretty low applied field and thereby saving the consumed energy of ... low electron affinity and strong mechanical properties of DLC and the one-dimensional free-standing geometry of CNTs by coating the DLC thin films directly onto the surface of the vertically-aligned...

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... surface is rather flat and the average diameter of these nanotubes is comparable to that 136 Chapter Field Emission Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell ... Emission Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell Nanostructures Fig 6.11 Top and cross-sectional view SEM images of composite emitters (a) and (b) 100 ... Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell Nanostructures with the increase of ambient temperature during emission process, the work function of the...

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... layer in air and result in a raised valence band maximum of diamond, in other words, a 143 Chapter Field Emission Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell ... Emission Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell Nanostructures Fig 6.15 Carbon 1s core level XPS spectra of the (a) 50 nm ta C coated CNTs and (b) 10 ... Emission Study of Hydrogenated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes Core-Shell Nanostructures performance of the emitters and there exists an optimum thickness of the ta-C coating...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 10:18

... “Hydrogenation and its effects on the field emission characteristics of tetrahedral amorphous carbon coated carbon nanotubes Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Accepted) Jun Yu, Kuan He Choo, Lifang Niu, and ... List of Publications J Yu, C H Sow, Andrew T S Wee, and Daniel H C Chua “Enhanced field emission of vertically-aligned core-shell carbon nanotubes with molybdenum oxide encapsulation” Journal of ... properties of hydrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon/ carbon nanotubes nanostructures” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 13, K80 (2010) (selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale...

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... single wall carbon nanotubes Carbon 2002, 40:2043-2061 24 Deng F, Zheng QS, Wang LF: Effects of anisotropy, aspect ratio, and nonstraightness of carbon nanotubes on thermal conductivity of carbon ... modes of the graphene and of the polymeric matrix plays a dominant role on the thermal conductivities of the liquid and solid states Keywords: carbon nanotubes; graphene; nanocomposites; nanofluids; ... cross-link density and hence, on the final properties of the system Thus, we aimed at studying the effect of two types of carbon- based nanofillers, in particular, nanotubes and graphene sheets,...

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... relevant chapters of this volume S Saito and A Zettl Chapter NANOTUBES: AN EXPERIMENTAL OVERVIEW A Zettl INTRODUCTION The discovery in 1991 of carbon nanotubes [1], and the discovery of nanotubes formed ... mechanical properties of individual nanotubes [37]; the examination of ‘‘sword and sheath’’ failure modes of MWNTs under axial strain [39]; sharpening, peeling, and ‘‘telescoping’’ of nanotubes to form ... macroscopic amounts and have been chromatographically purified, giving rise to many kinds of new crystalline carbon phases [3] In the case of carbon nanotubes, existence of many kinds of nanotubes in...

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... energy of singlewalled carbon nanotubes Appl Phys Lett 1999, 16:2307-2309 Peigney A, Laurent C, Flahaut E, Bacsa RR, Rousset A: Specific surface area of carbon nanotubes and bundles of carbon nanotubes ... granuloma Rafeeqi and Kaul explored the interactions between multi-walled carbon nanotubes and cell culture medium by spectroscopy, and the results supported biocompatibility of these nanotubes [115] ... visualization of DNA and proteins on carbon nanotubes Adv Mater 1998, 10:701-703 Vigolo B, Pénicaud A, Coulon C, Sauder C, Pailler R: Macroscopic fibers and ribbons of oriented carbon nanotubes Science...

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... polymerization of phenoxybenzoic acids [11] and functionalization of closely related carbon materials such as vapor-grown multi-walled carbon nanofibers (MWCNFs) [12, 13] and multi-walled carbon nanotubes ... Results and Discussion Without purification, most of the as-prepared SWCNTs contain approximately 60–70 wt% of impurities such as carbonaceous fragments, amorphous carbons, and small amount of graphite ... implies the higher purity of SWCNTs The TEM image of the as-received SWCNTs shows that there are large portions of carbonaceous and metallic impurities (Fig 1c) On the other hand, the PPA treated...

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