Surface-Modified Boron-Carbon BC5 Nanotube with Amine Group as a Sensor Device Element: Theoretical Research

Russian Microelectronics - Modification of boron-carbon nanotubes (BCNTs) by functional groups is an urgent task in relation to the intensive development of the nanoindustry, in particular, nano-...     

“Y”型、竹节型与直纳米碳管的力学特性研究

采用基于BrennerREAO(reactiveempiricalbondorder)势的分子动力学方法,模拟了“Y”型、竹节型与直纳米碳管的拉伸过程。结合有限元分析,对比并讨论了“Y”型、竹节型纳米碳管与直纳米碳管拉伸力学性能的差异。研究结果表明,拉伸“Y”型、竹节型纳米碳管的屈服与断裂均发生在其粗管与细管过渡的“应力集中”部位;“应力集中”致使“Y”型、竹节型纳米碳管的抗拉强度与韧性明显低于直纳米碳管;然而,“Y”型、竹节型碳管的弹性模量依然与直纳米碳管相当。     

碳纳米管光电器件光学特性的电磁模型研究

针对基于碳纳米管阵列构成的光电器件,建立基于场效应器件结构的电磁散射模型,对其光电吸收特性进行了仿真分析。模型仿真结果表明,当碳纳米管阵列间距为入射光波长的整数倍时,碳纳米管的吸收功率达到峰值,当在两个波长之间,吸收功率按线性衰减,对应于入射光的不同倍数波长的吸收功率的峰值随波长的增加而线性衰减。在吸收功率峰值附近,吸收功率随阵列周期间距的变化而敏感。     

多壁碳纳米管薄膜在THz波段的传输与偏振特性

利用化学气相沉积法制备了三种类型多个超有序排列的多壁碳纳米管薄膜样品,通过太赫兹时域光谱技术,获取相位和振幅信息,详细研究了薄膜在太赫兹波段的传输特性。结果表明:超有序多壁碳纳米管薄膜在纳米管轴向方向与垂直于轴向方向表现出明显的光、电各向异性特性;测试的介电常数实部为负,虚部为正,证实了制备的薄膜具有金属性;薄膜具有的各向异性为研究其偏振特性提供了直接证据,随着薄膜厚度的增加,偏振度和消光比增加,其9 m厚的自由薄膜度可以获得99%的偏振度。研究结果对开展超有序多壁碳纳米管薄膜在太赫兹偏振器、调制器与光开关等领域的研究有重要指导意义。     

Pool Boiling Experiments on a Nano-Structured Surface

The effect of nano-structured surfaces on pool boiling was investigated. Saturated and subcooled pool boiling experiments were performed on a horizontal heater surface coated with vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). MWCNTs were synthesized using the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. In this paper, MWCNT forests of two distinctly different heights (Type A: 9-$mu$m height, and Type B: 25-$mu$ m height) were synthesized separately on silicon wafers. PF-5060 was used as the test liquid. The results show that Type-B MWCNTs yield distinctly higher heat fluxes under subcooled and saturated conditions for both nucleate and film boiling. Type-A MWCNTs provide similar enhancement in nucleate boiling (as Type-B) for both saturated and subcooled conditions. Type-B MWCNTs enhanced critical heat flux (CHF) by 40%. Increasing the height of the MWCNTs is also found to extend the wall super heat required for CHF. In contrast, Type-A MWCNTs provide only marginal enhancement in film boiling compared to bare silicon wafer, for both saturated and subcooled film boiling. Type-B MWCNTs enhanced the heat flux in the film boiling regime for the Leidenfrost point by 175% (compared to bare silicon wafer).      

In situ observation of the growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes under diverse reaction conditions

We report in situ environmental transmission electron microscope observations of the nucleation and growth of multi-wall and single-wall carbon nanotubes formed by the catalytic decomposition of acetylene (C2H2) on Ni/SiO2 catalyst. The growth rate, structure and morphology of the carbon nanotubes formed depended upon reaction temperature and pressure. Under 20-100 mTorr of gas pressures at 480 degrees C, serpentine-shaped or zigzag, multi-wall carbon nanotubes grew at an average rate of 35-40 nm sec(-1). At pressures <10 mTorr at the same temperature, straight single-wall carbon nanotubes with nearly uniform diameters (approximately 3.5 nm) formed at average growth rates of 6-9 nm sec(-1). The growth of both straight and serpentine carbon nanotubes tends to proceed at non-uniform rates, with frequent pauses followed by growth spurts. The nanotubes frequently contained sharp bends that turned the nanotube axis by approximately 60 degrees and approximately 120 degrees. We conjecture that the bends are related to the change in growth direction that is dictated by the crystallographic orientation of the catalyst particle. The rotations of the nanometer-sized catalyst particle may be caused by transient melting-recrystallization events caused by local thermal variations. The nanotube attempts to follow the preferred growth direction, while simultaneously attempting to maintain a seamless 3-coordinated graphene wall. This latter condition is most easily satisfied by the introduction of pentagon-heptagon defect pairs dissociated to the opposite sides of the nanotube creating the 60 degree bend.     

缓冲层对铜催化生长碳管形貌和性能的影响

碳纳米管的生长通常使用Fe,Co,Ni作为催化剂,除此以外的一些过渡元素也能催化裂解生长碳管。其中用铜制备的碳管阈值电场低、发射电流密度大、发射均匀性好等等良好的场发射特性。铜与硅、或金属之间具有很强的的扩散特性,而碳管应用于场发射显示器必然使用玻璃、硅片作为衬底,所以需要一层缓冲层阻挡催化剂铜扩散入衬底。本文使用磁控溅射制备铜薄膜作为催化剂,化学气相沉积方法裂解乙炔生长碳管薄膜形成场发射阴极。并试验W,Ni,Cr和Ti作为铜薄膜的缓冲层,结果表明不同的金属阻挡特性不同,生长后碳管的形貌和特性都有差异。结果表明Ti和W能很好地阻挡铜的扩散,从而使铜催化裂解出附着性好、分布均匀、密度适中、场发射特性良好的碳管薄膜。对于Ni和Cr金属,由于生长的碳管与衬底结合差或者场发射能力差而不适合作铜的缓冲层。     

CNT-WO3气敏材料的显微分析

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备三氧化钨(WO3)纳米粉体,然后在WO3粉体中添加碳纳米管(CNT),经热处理形成CNT-WO3气敏材料.用SEM观察CNT的分布形态和CNT-WO3材料的显微结构,研究超声振荡对CNT的分散效果,测量了CNT-WO3材料的气敏性能.结果表明,100 W功率下超声振荡使原先团聚严重的CNT得到分散,...     

Hydrophilic Nanotube Supported Graphene–Water Dispersible Carbon Superstructure with Excellent Conductivity

In this work, it is shown that the hydrophilic functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNs) can stabilize a large amount of pristine graphene nanosheets in pure water without the assistance of surfactants, ionic liquids, or hydrophilic polymers. Role of stabilizer is conveyed by highly hydrophilic carbon nanotubes, functionalized by dihydroxy phenyl groups, affording a stable dispersion at concentrations as high as 15 mg mL^?1. Such multidimensional (2D/1D) graphene/MWCN hybrid is found to be dispersible also in other polar organic solvents such as ethanol, isopropanol, N,N‐dimethylformamide, ethylene glycol, and their mixtures. High‐resolution transmission microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) including a liquid mode AFM manifest several types of interaction including trapping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes between the graphene sheets or the modification of graphene edges. Molecular dynamic simulations show that formation of an assembly is kinetically controlled. Importantly, the hybrid can be deposited on the paper by drop casting or dispersed in water‐soluble polymers resulting in record values of electrical conductivity (sheet resistance up to R_s ≈ 25 Ω sq^?1 for free hybrid material and R_s ≈ 1300 Ω sq^?1 for a polyvinilalcohol/hybrid composite film). Thus, these novel water dispersible carbon superstructures reveal a high application potential as conductive inks for inkjet printing or as highly conductive polymers.     

Fabrication of nylon-6/carbon nanotube composites

A new technique to fabricate nylon-6/carbon nanotube (PA6/CNT) composites is presented. The method involves a pretreatment of carbon nanotubes synthesized by catalytic pyrolysis of hydrocarbon and an improved in-situ process for mixing nanotubes with the nylon 6 matrix. A good bond between carbon nanotubes and the nylon-6 matrix is obtained. Mechanical property measurements indicate that the tensile strength of PA6/CNT composites is improved significantly while the toughness and elongation are somewhat compromised. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of the fractured tensile specimens reveals cracking initiated at the wrapping of the CNTs PA6 layer/PA6 matrix interface rather than at the PA6/CNT interface.     

甲苯胺蓝-羧甲基壳聚糖-碳纳米管复合光敏剂的制备与光谱性能研究

采用回流法成功制备甲苯胺蓝(TB)-羧甲基壳聚糖 (cmCs)-碳纳米管(CNTs)复合光敏剂,研究CNTs直径对复合光敏剂光谱性能的影响。通过透 射电镜(TEM)、红外吸收光谱和可见光吸收光谱对复 合光敏剂的形貌和光学性质进行分析表征,并通过实验观察其在水溶液中的分散性和稳定性 。结果表明:TB可较好地复合到cmCs修饰的CNTs;CNTs直径的不同对复合光敏剂的合成影 响较小,但其半径较小时,复合光敏 剂在水中易团聚;复合光敏剂在可见光波段的吸收峰位于611nm处; 复合光敏剂在水溶液中有较好的分散性。本文研究将 为TB-cmCs-CNTs复合光敏剂在生物医学的应用提供重要的实验依据。     

碳纳米管场发射显示器特性测试方法的研讨

通过低压化学气相沉积法在硅片上制作碳纳米管薄膜阴极,用真空荧光显示器的封装工艺,制备了碳纳米管场发射显示器样管。改变常用的驱动电源电压测试为器件电压测试,得到非常理想的伏安特性曲线和发光特性曲线。从测试结果分析可知,直接测量碳纳米管场发射显示器的器件电压和测试电源驱动电压所得结果是不同的,用后者代替前者不够合理。从电子场发射的角度看,实际的碳纳米管场发射伏安特性曲线应比测试的伏安曲线更陡。     

A General Strategy to Disperse and Functionalize Carbon Nanotubes Using Conjugated Block Copolymers

A general strategy to disperse and functionalize pristine carbon nanotubes in a single‐step process is developed using conjugated block copolymers. The conjugated block copolymer contains two blocks: a conjugated polymer block of poly(3‐hexylthiophene), and a functional non‐conjugated block with tunable composition. When the pristine carbon nanotubes are sonicated with the conjugated block copolymers, the poly(3‐hexylthiophene) blocks bind to the surface of de‐bundled carbon nanotubes through non‐covalent π–π interactions, stabilizing the carbon nanotube dispersion, while the functional blocks locate at the outer surface of carbon nanotubes, rendering the carbon nanotubes with desired functionality. In this paper, conjugated block copolymers of poly(3‐hexylthiophene)‐b‐poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(3‐hexylthiophene)‐b‐poly(acrylic acid), and poly(3‐hexylthiophene)‐b‐poly(poly(ethylene glycol) acrylate) are used to demonstrate this general strategy.     

单根多壁碳纳米管的电学测试

提出了一种制备多壁碳纳米管的简单方法。以乙醇为碳源,利用催化化学气相沉积工艺制备了碳纳米管。用较为简单的设备在较低的反应温度下,在基底上生长了取向多壁碳纳米管阵列。利用扫描电子显微镜内部的纳米操纵仪对单根碳纳米管进行操纵,并测试了单根多壁碳纳米管的电学特性。     

氢吸附开口碳纳米管场发射密度泛函研究(英文)

利用第一性原理密度泛函的方法对氢分子吸附开口碳纳米管的场发射性质进行了综合研究,建立了(5,5)开口碳纳米管吸附不同氢分子数量的吸附模型,并对加电场和未加电场下的模型进行了吸附能、最高占有分子轨道-最低未占分子轨道(HOMO-LUMO)帯隙及诱导偶极矩的计算和分析。计算结果表明吸附能随着电场的增加而变大,吸附稳定性增强。吸附氢分子的碳纳米管在施加外电场后,HOMO-LUMO帯隙明显减小,费米能级附近的局域态密度随着氢分子的吸附而增加。氢分子对碳纳米管的吸附可以在其尖端表面产生诱导偶极矩,导致电荷由碳纳米管向氢分子大量转移,从而驱使电子由碳纳米管尖端发射到真空中,提高了碳纳米管的场发射性能。     

Simple Salt‐Coordinated n‐Type Nanocarbon Materials Stable in Air

After more than three decades of molecular and carbon‐based electronics, the creation of air‐ and thermally stable n‐type materials remains a challenge in the development of future p/n junction devices such as solar cells and thermoelectric modules. Here a series of ordinary salts are reported such as sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and potassium hydroxide (KOH) with crown ethers as new doping reagents for converting single‐walled carbon nanotubes to stable n‐type materials. Thermoelectric analyses reveal that these new n‐type single‐walled carbon nanotubes display remarkable air stability even at 100 °C for more than 1 month. Their thermoelectric properties with a dimensionless figure‐of‐merit (ZT) of 0.1 make these new n‐type single‐walled carbon nanotubes a most promising candidate for future n‐type carbon‐based thermoelectric materials.     

Carbon nanotube research suggests longer battery life

Experiments with carbon nanotubes, conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, show carbon nanotubes can contain roughly twice the energy density of graphite, making possible longer-lasting batteries. It also suggests that it should be possible to store more energy in batteries using the nanotubes rather than conventional graphite electrodes.     

A Study of Deterministic Positioning of Carbon Nanotubes by Dielectrophoresis

A self-limiting dielectrophoresis technique, aimed at deterministically assembling individual or bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), is experimentally investigated. A limiting resistor is used to control the electric field after the deposition of a single carbon nanotube. The role of some key parameters such as voltage and duration of the deposition with and without the limiting resistor is studied.     

Formation of carbon nanotubes on an amorphous Ni<Subscript>25</Subscript>Ta<Subscript>58</Subscript>N<Subscript>17</Subscript> alloy film by chemical vapor deposition

It is shown that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes on the surface of an amorphous Ni–Ta–N metal alloy film with a low Ni content (~25 at %) by chemical deposition from acetylene at temperature 400–800°C. It is established that the addition of nitrogen into the Ni–Ta alloy composition is favorable for the formation of tantalum nitride and the expulsion of Ni clusters, which act as a catalyst of the growth of carbon nanotubes, onto the surface. From Raman spectroscopy studies, it is found that, as the temperature of synthesis is raised, the quality of nanotubes is improved.     

In Situ Liquid-Cell TEM Observation of Multiphase Classical and Nonclassical Nucleation of Calcium Oxalate

Calcium oxalate (CaOx) is the major phase in kidney stones and the primary calcium storage medium in plants. CaOx can form crystals with different lattice types, water contents, and crystal structures. However, the conditions and mechanisms leading to nucleation of particular CaOx crystals are unclear. Here, liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy and atomistic molecular dynamics simulations are used to study in situ CaOx nucleation at different conditions. The observations reveal that rhombohedral CaOx monohydrate (COM) can nucleate via a classical pathway, while square COM can nucleate via a non-classical multiphase pathway. Citrate, a kidney stone inhibitor, increases the solubility of calcium by forming calcium-citrate complexes and blocks oxalate ions from approaching calcium. The presence of multiple hydrated ionic species draws additional water molecules into nucleating CaOx dihydrate crystals. These findings reveal that by controlling the nucleation pathways one can determine the macroscale crystal structure, hydration state, and morphology of CaOx.