Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Production and Optical and Electronic Properties Export

@article{citeulike:2794364, abstract = {Carbon nanotube material can now be produced in macroscopic quantities. However, the raw material has a disordered structure, which restricts investigations of both the properties and applications of the nanotubes. A method has been developed to produce thin films of aligned carbon nanotubes. The tubes can be aligned either parallel or perpendicular to the surface, as verified by scanning electron microscopy. The parallel aligned surfaces are birefringent, reflecting differences in the dielectric function along and normal to the tubes. The electrical resistivities are anisotropic as well, being smaller along the tubes than perpendicular to them, because of corresponding differences in the electronic transport properties. 10.1126/science.268.5212.845}, author = {Deheer, Walt A. and Bacsa, W. S. and Chatelain, A. and Gerfin, T. and Humphrey-Baker, R. and Forro, L. and Ugarte, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {2794364}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.268.5212.845}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/268/5212/845}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17792177}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17792177}, day = {12}, doi = {10.1126/science.268.5212.845}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {aligned, carbon, electronic, nanotubes, optical, production-procedure}, month = {May}, number = {5212}, pages = {845--847}, posted-at = {2008-05-13 11:30:29}, priority = {3}, title = {Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Production and Optical and Electronic Properties}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.268.5212.845}, volume = {268}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2794364 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2794364 N2 - Carbon nanotube material can now be produced in macroscopic quantities. However, the raw material has a disordered structure, which restricts investigations of both the properties and applications of the nanotubes. A method has been developed to produce thin films of aligned carbon nanotubes. The tubes can be aligned either parallel or perpendicular to the surface, as verified by scanning electron microscopy. The parallel aligned surfaces are birefringent, reflecting differences in the dielectric function along and normal to the tubes. The electrical resistivities are anisotropic as well, being smaller along the tubes than perpendicular to them, because of corresponding differences in the electronic transport properties. 10.1126/science.268.5212.845 IS - 5212 JF - Science EP - 847 TI - Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Production and Optical and Electronic Properties VL - 268 SP - 845 KW - aligned KW - carbon KW - electronic KW - nanotubes KW - optical KW - production-procedure AU - Deheer, Walt AU - Bacsa, WS AU - Chatelain, A AU - Gerfin, T AU - Humphrey-Baker, R AU - Forro, L AU - Ugarte, D PY - 1995/05/12/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.268.5212.845 ER -