Article Title
Growth of serpentine carbon nanotubes on quartz substrates and their electrical properties
Authors
Seokwoo Jeon, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Changgu Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Jinyao Tang, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
James Hone, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Colin Nuckolls, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Keywords
Aligned carbon nanotube, chemical vapor deposition growth, quartz substrate, electronics
Abstract
A simple method for high-yield, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis of serpentine carbon nanotubes, employing quartz substrates and a molecular cluster catalyst, is described. The growth mechanism is analyzed by controlled addition of nanoscale barriers, and by mechanical analysis of the curved sections. The serpentine structures are used to study the electrical transport properties of parallel arrays of identical nanotubes, which show three-terminal conductance that scales linearly with the number of nanotube segments.
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Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Seokwoo Jeon,Changgu Lee,Jinyao Tang,James Hone,Colin Nuckolls, Growth of serpentine carbon nanotubes on quartz substrates and their electrical properties. NanoRes.2008, 1: 427-433
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