We use electrostatic force microscopy and scanned gate microscopy to probe the conducting properties of carbon nanotubes at room temperature. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes are shown to be diffusive conductors, while metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes are ballistic conductors over micron lengths. Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are shown to have a series of large barriers to co...

We report experimental measurements of electronic Raman scattering by electrons (holes) in individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) under resonant conditions. The Raman scattering at low frequency range reveals a single particle excitation feature. And the dispersion of electronic structure around the center of Brillouin zone of a semiconducting SWNT (14, 13) is extracted.

Existing single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis methods are not easily scalable, operate under severe conditions, and involve high capital and operating costs. The current cost of SWNT is exceedingly high. A catalytic method of synthesis has been developed that has shown potential advantages over the existing methods. This method is based on a catalyst formulation that inhibits the formation o...

Carbon nanotube (CNT) and metal nanoparticle (NP) assemblies are conjugated nanosystems with potential applications in catalysis, sensing, and light harvesting. Due to poor solubility of CNTs, previously reported synthetic approaches are limited to large multi-walled CNTs, bundles of single-walled CNTs (SWNTs), or surface-bound CNTs. Here we report a solution-phase synthesis of SWNT-metal NP as...

Over the recent years, numerical modelling and computer based simulation of the properties of carbon nanotubes have become the focal points of research in computational nano-science. In this paper, we present the computational studies about the mechanical and transport properties of armchair (4, 4) and zigzag (4, 0) single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT). Unlike other materials, carbon nanotube...

The separation of two different types of multi-walled carbon nanotubes is studied in a dielectrophoresis-based microchannel system in seven different solvents as the suspending medium.  A simple model was developed to predict the behavior of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the above mentioned system. Then, the equations of motion for the multi-walled carbon nanotubes in that system were in...

This chapter discusses about the behavior of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) different structures which can be used as interconnect in Very Large Scale (VLSI) circuits in nanoscale regime. Also interconnect challenges in VLSI circuits which lead to use CNT as interconnect instead of Cu, is reviewed. CNTs are classified into three main types including Single-walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT), CNT Bundle, and...

The elastic moduli of polymer-carbon nanotube composites are examined by molecular dynamics simulations of a single-walled carbon nanotube embedded in polyethylene. The overall system is modeled with a many-body bond order potential due to Brenner. Alternatively, only the carbon nanotube is modeled with Brenner’s potential and the polyethylene matrix is modeled by a united-atom potential. For t...

objective(s): this paper describes a selective and sensitive biosensor based on the dissolution and aggregation of aptamer wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes. we report on the direct detection of aptamer–cocaine interactions, namely between a dna aptamer and cocaine molecules based on near-infrared absorption at λ807. materials and methods: first a dna aptamer recognizing cocaine was non-co...

The structure of carbon nanotubes is recognized to be suitable for medical applications such as encapsulating drugs or genes with the aim of targeted deliveries. In this regard, knowing about the suction force exerted on a nonoscale object which is supposed to be sucked into a carbon nanotube, and whether the object is accepted by the carbon nanotube are important issues to be studied. In this ...