Controlled catalytic domain formation by mixed iron halide compounds to decrease the waviness of carbon nanotube arrays

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (103) ◽  
pp. 84367-84371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sook Young Moon

In this study, we present a method for controlling the waviness of carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays by adopting a two-phase catalytic system.

2011 ◽  
Vol 332-334 ◽  
pp. 1967-1973
Author(s):  
Yong Zhao ◽  
Xian Chen ◽  
Shuo Hou ◽  
Zai Kai Du ◽  
Guang Yang Mo ◽  
...  

Fe nano-films deposited on pure Si wafer by metal vapor vacuum arc (MEVVA) ion deposition system were annealed in hydrogen and then treated by ammonia at 750 °C for the catalyzed growth of aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays. Influence of ammonia on the microstructures of Fe nano-films was analyzed by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and image analysis software. The microstructures of the post-processed Fe nano-films were found depending on the processing time of ammonia and the film thickness. Comparing the growth results of CNTs from 10 nm Fe films, we found that when the processing temperature was 750 °C, the optimum processing time of ammonia was about 10 to 12 min for 10 nm Fe films to catalyze the growth of aligned CNT arrays.


Author(s):  
Koby Kubrin ◽  
Adeel Ahmed ◽  
Shkenca Demiri ◽  
Maria Majid ◽  
Ian M. Dickerson ◽  
...  

Template based chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a process of effectively fabricating nanostructures such as Carbon nanotube arrays (CNT). During this process, a carbon-carrying precursor gas is used to deposit a layer of solid carbon on the surface of a template within a furnace. Template-based CVD using porous anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes as the template has been applied to efficiently mass-produce CNT arrays which have shown promise for use in gene transfection applications. These AAO membranes are incredibly fragile, making them prone to cracks during handling which can compromise their performance. In order to ease handling of the CNT devices, three-dimensional (3D) printing has been applied to create a support structure for the fragile membranes. The work presented here focuses on the use of 3D printing as a means of integrating CNT arrays into nanofluidic devices, both increasing their useful application and preventing damage to the fragile arrays during handling. 3D printing allows the CNT arrays to be completely encapsulated within the fluidic device by printing a base of material before inserting the arrays. Additionally, 3D printing has been shown to create an adequate seal between the CNT arrays and the printed device without the need for additional adhesives or sealing processes. For this work, a commercially available, fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer was used to print the devices out of polylactic acid (PLA) plastic. This approach has been shown to be effective and repeatable for nanofluidic device construction, while also being cost effective and less time consuming than other methods such as photolithography. Cell culture and has been demonstrated using HEK293 cells on the devices and was found to be comparable to tissue culture polystyrene.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (18) ◽  
pp. 8763-8771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenglin Zhou ◽  
Jiadong Sheng ◽  
Zhaohui Yang ◽  
Xiaohua Zhang

The formation of water channels greatly improves the overall ion transport rate through densified carbon nanotube arrays.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 2215-2222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianing An ◽  
Zhaoyao Zhan ◽  
Hari Krishna Salila Vijayalal Mohan ◽  
Gengzhi Sun ◽  
Reinack Varghese Hansen ◽  
...  

In situ improvement in the alignment of ultralong and dense CNT arrays has been achieved with the assistance of trench structures on flat substrates.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongfeng Luo ◽  
Xinjun Wang ◽  
Mengdong He ◽  
Xi Li ◽  
Hong Chen

Long and high-quality carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays have been synthesized through a chemical vapor deposition process. The Fe/Al2O3on silicon was used as the catalyst, ethylene as the carbon source, and a gas mixture of Ar and H2gases as the carrying gas. It is found for the first time that the high-quality and superlong carbon nanotube array can be improved by varying the content of hydrogen and carbon source.


2000 ◽  
Vol 633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.P. Huang ◽  
J. Moser ◽  
M. Sennett ◽  
H. Gibson ◽  
M.J. Naughton ◽  
...  

AbstractWe have successfully fabricated many freestanding carbon nanotube arrays on silicon substrates. Two sizes of nickel dot arrays have been made by E-beam lithography. It has been found that the size of the carbon nanotubes is closely related to the size of the dot. Compared with our previous report on diameters of about 300 –400 nm, much thinner carbon nanotubes of 100 –150 nm have been made. With even smaller dots, it is expected that even thinner nanotubes of a few tens of nanometers could be made. The nanotube height is controlled by the growth time and nanotube uniformity has been greatly improved by introduction of a two-phase process of nucleation and growth.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (35) ◽  
pp. 18162-18172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Liu ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Feng Yan ◽  
Bo Geng ◽  
Chunling Zhu ◽  
...  

N-Doped carbon nanotube arrays with encapsulated CoFe nanoparticles were directly grown on carbon fiber cloth as a self-supported air-cathode for flexible solid-state zinc–air batteries which can work even under extreme bending conditions.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeonyoon Lee ◽  
Luiz H. Acauan ◽  
Estelle Kalfon-Cohen ◽  
Seth S. Kessler ◽  
Brian L. Wardle

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