Growth of carbon nanotube arrays using nanosphere lithography and their application in field emission devices

Laser Patterning of Carbon-Nanotubes Thin Films and Their Applications

“…Thus, fabrication of CNT thin film draws much research attention. There are several methods for fabricating a CNT thin film: (1) CVD: This method [35][36][37][38][39] is suitable for the fabrication large area CNT films. A catalyst of alloys of Fe, Co and Ni is coated on the substrate which is then placed into a high-temperature chamber, to which hydrocarbon gas is added.…”

“…The most commonly-used methods include CVD, electrophoresis deposition and screen printing, and each method has its advantages and disadvantages. CNT films produced by CVD [35][36][37][38]66 and electrophoresis deposition [67][68][69] have been described previously in Section 3. The screen printing method has CNTs mixed with paste and squeezed onto metal meshes to pattern on the substrate [70][71][72][73][74] .…”

Patterned growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays using colloidal lithography and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

“…The nanoparticle patterns templated with MCCs are applied as patterned catalysts for growing periodic carbon nanotube arrays by PECVD [12][13][14][15][16][17]. However, the nanoparticles such as Fe, Co or Ni were deposited on the substrate by physical vapor deposition such as electron beam evaporation or DC sputtering which requires expensive equipment, thus greatly increases the fabrication complexity and cost.…”

Atomic Structure and Energy Distribution of Collapsed Carbon Nanotubes of Different Chiralities

“…Due to their extraordinary properties arising from the unique one-dimensional structure, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the subject of intense theoretical and experimental studies since their discovery [1]. There have been numerous works on the mechanics of nanotubes and their properties in recent years because of their great potential for composites, sensors, electronic devices, and many other applications [2][3][4][5][6]. Calculation of the elastic properties of nanotubes confirms that they are extremely rigid in the axial direction and are most likely to distort perpendicular to the axis [7,8].…”