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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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-008-8044-1

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