UNLABELLED Although organic-based direct conversion X-ray detectors have been developed, their photocurrent generation efficiency has been limited by recombination of excitons due to the intrinsically poor electrical properties of organic materials. In this report, we fabricated a polymer-based flexible X-ray detector and enhanced the X-ray detection sensitivity using a single-walled carbon nan...

The electrocatalytic oxidation of thiols has been observed at a glassy carbon (GC) electrode coated with a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) film. Fourteen thiols including L-cysteine (CySH) and glutathione were tested using the SWNT/GC electrode, and the cyclic voltammetry (CV) showed that each thiol was oxidized at much less positive potential than those at other electrodes such as bare GC a...

The use of carbon nanotubes for nanoelectronics has been recently demonstrated The success in creating these eld e ect devices motivated further studies of electrochemical and chemical analogues In the present work we have simulat ed the modi cation of the conductance of a single wall carbon nanotube SWNT by applying a local electric eld of a charge placed near the surface of the nanotube The d...

Due to their extraordinary high modulus and strength, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are considered by many researchers as the most promising reinforcement materials for use in high performance composites. However, fabricating SWNT-reinforced composites with good tube dispersion and high SWNT loading is a great challenge since SWNTs have a strong tendency to form bundles or ropes and ra...

A convenient method to obtain patterns of films of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) bundles on flexible plastic is described. Using the Line Patterning method SWNT films of thickness ranging from approximately 300-1500 nm can be obtained from aqueous surfactant-supported dispersions of chemically purified SWNT bundles synthesized by the pulsed-laser ablation method. These films are strongl...

Graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have shown superior potential in electronics and optoelectronics because of their excellent thermal, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties. Here, a simple method is developed to synthesize ultrathin SWNT-graphene films through chemical vapor deposition. These novel two-dimensional hybrids show enhanced mechanical strength that allows ...

Plasma enhanced techniques are widely used for synthesis of carbon nanostructures. The primary focus of this paper is to summarize recent experimental and theoretical advances in understanding of single-wall carbon nanotube SWNT synthesis mechanism in arcs, and to describe methods of controlling arc plasma parameters. Fundamental issues related to synthesis of SWNTs, which is a relationship bet...

Tuning the threshold voltage of a transistor is crucial for realizing robust digital circuits. For silicon transistors, the threshold voltage can be accurately controlled by doping. However, it remains challenging to tune the threshold voltage of single-wall nanotube (SWNT) thin-film transistors. Here, we report a facile method to controllably n-dope SWNTs using 1H-benzoimidazole derivatives pr...

We have investigated heat and mass transport in singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using molecular dynamics methods. Particular attention was paid on the non-equilibrium dynamics at the interface between SWNT and other materials, which strongly manifests in nanoscale. In the first part, we have investigated the heat transport through the interface between SWNTs and surrounding argon matrices...