We study the conformational equilibrium between B-to-A forms of ds-DNA adsorbed onto a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) using free energy profile calculations based on all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The potential of mean force (PMF) of the B-to-A transition of ds-DNA in the presence of an uncharged (10,0) carbon nanotube for two dodecamers with poly-AT or poly-GC sequences is calc...

This chapter provides a broad overview of the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, primarily from the point of view of the properties of individual, isolated tubes. The chapter is organized according to the increasing levels of complexity found in nanotube electronics. First, the parent material graphite is briefly introduced, followed by a discussion of the electronic properties of indiv...

This paper investigates the effect of mechanical deformation of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) on its reactivity with hydrogen and alkyl radicals. The influence of individual loading modes was explored with the aid of molecular dynamics simulation for deformation and quantum mechanics analysis for reaction. The study discovered that the radicals bind to the deformation-induced ridges ti...

Carbon-nanotube-based substrates have been shown to support the growth of different cell types and, as such, have raised considerable interest in view of their possible use in biomedical applications. Nanotube matrices are embedded in polymers which cause inherent changes in nanotube chemical and physical film properties. Thus, it is critical to understand how the physical properties of the fil...

The structural and mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) make them ideal tips for scanning probe microscopies such as atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, the ideal nanotube probe, which corresponds to an individual SWNT, has been difficult to produce in high yield. To overcome this difficulty, a straightforward and easily implemented method that enables very high-y...

The scaling down of feature size in electronics and nanodevices leads to increased concentration of heat. Management of the heat dissipation is currently the biggest limitation in building smaller and faster processors. Being motivated by a new use for carbon nanotubes as heat fins to cool nanosystems, this thesis aims to investigate the thermal boundary conductance between nanotubes and the su...

We present theoretical and experimental studies of Schottky diodes that use aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes. A simple physical model, taking into account the basic physics of current rectification, can adequately describe the single-tube and array devices. We show that for as-grown array diodes, the rectification ratio, defined by the maximum-to-minimum-current-ratio, is low du...

We present the successful synthesis of aligned C labeled single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) arrays from alcohol by a modified no-flow chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method which makes possible efficient growth using a small amount of carbon source. Synthesis of high-quality SWNTs by this alternate method was confirmed by Resonance Raman spectroscopy, which also showed the quality is uniform ...

Our group recently reproduced the water-assisted growth method, so-called "SuperGrowth", of millimeter-thick single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) forests by using C2H4/H2/H2O/Ar reactant gas and Fe/Al2O3, catalyst. In this current work, a parametric study was carried out on both reaction and catalyst conditions. Results revealed that a thin Fe catalyst layer (about 0.5 nm) yielded rapid growth ...

Transparent, highly percolated networks of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (rr-P3HT)-wrapped semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWNTs) are deposited, and the charge transfer processes of these nanohybrids are studied using spectroscopic and electrical measurements. The data disclose hole doping of s-SWNTs by the polymer, challenging the prevalent electron-doping hypothesis. Th...