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Lecture 6: Carbon Nanomaterials
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Carbon Nanomaterials
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• C60 was established by mass spectrographic analysis by Kroto and Smalley in 1985• C60 is called a buckminsterfullerene or buckyball due to resemblance to geodesic
domes designed and built by R. Buckminster Fuller
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Fullerenes
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• Endohedral doping of fullerenes leads to the formation of a dipole moment thatinfluences solubility and other properties.
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Endofullerenes
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Electronic Structure of Molecular and Solid C60
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Calculated local density of states for Si(100)
Structure of C60
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C60 Si Dangling Bond H-passivated Si
Spectroscopic variation among surface features
70 Å x 70 Å
3-D STM Topograph
C60
DanglingBonds
Si
Ge
LUMO peak
Single Molecule STM Spectroscopy of C60
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Rolled Up From Graphene Sheets:Carbon Nanotubes
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Carbon Nanotube Synthesis:Carbon Arc Discharge
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Carbon Nanotube Synthesis:Chemical Vapor Deposition
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Carbon Nanotube Synthesis:Laser Ablation
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Chirality of Carbon Nanotubes
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Energy Band Diagrams of Carbon Nanotubes
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Electrical Properties of Graphite
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Electrical Properties of Straight Nanotubes
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Electrical Properties of Twisted Nanotubes
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Bandgap of Semiconducting Nanotubes
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• MWNT bandgap is proportional to 1/d At room temperature,MWNTs behave like metals since d ~ 10 nm
• Only the outermost shell carries current in an undamaged MWNT
Electrical Properties of MWNTs
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Other Properties of SWNTs
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Other Properties of SWNTs
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P. G. Collins and Ph. Avouris, Scientific American, 283, 62 (2000).
Nanotubes as Interconnects
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Although a cross-sectional view of a MWNT shows severalcylindrical shells, only the outermost shell carries current inan undamaged MWNT.
Current Carrying Capacity of MWNTs
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Maximum current density: 6.8 x 1013 A/m2
Maximum electric field: 1.6 x 107 V/m
Maximum current densities of potential interconnect materials:• Metals: 1010 – 1012 A/m2
• Superconductors: Jc ~ 1012 A/m2
• MWNTs: >5×1013 A/m2
Representative MWNT I-V Curve:
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Experimental method: Monitor the current as a function of timewhile stressing the MWNT at a fixed voltage.
Before Electrical Stress
1 μm2 AFM image
After Failure
1 μm2 AFM image
Electrically Stressed MWNTs
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P. G. Collins, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 3128 (2001).
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Failure
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Device Applications of Nanotube Junctions
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P. G. Collins, et al., Science, 292, 706 (2001).
Engineering Carbon NanotubesUsing Electrical Breakdown
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P. G. Collins, et al., Science, 292, 706 (2001).
Engineering Carbon NanotubesUsing Electrical Breakdown