Electrical measurement on individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes

The characterization of electrical property of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on a nanometer scale is essential for their potential application in nano-electronic devices. The MWCNTs were synthesized on Fe2O3/SiO2/Si substrate and Pt plate substrate by simple thermal chemical vapor deposition (STCVD) technique and the electrical measurements of individual MWCNT grown on silicon substrate and Pt plate substrate were performed by home-made 'nano-manipulator', respectively. According to current-voltage curves obtained in the experiments the current density that the MWCNTs can carry is calculated to be about 107 A/cm2, which is much larger than that of normal metals.

Growth of straight carbon nanotubes by simple thermal chemical vapor deposition

Straight carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were achieved by simple thermal chemical vapor deposition(STCVD) catalyzed by Mo-Fe alloy catalyst on silica supporting substrate at 700℃. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images show that the straight CNTs are well graphitized with no attached amorphous carbon. Mo-Fe alloy catalyst particles play a very crucial role in the growth of straight CNTs. The straight carbon nanotubes contain much less defects than the curved nanotubes and might have potential applications for nanoelectrical devices in the future. The simple synthesis of straight CNTs may have benefit for large-scale productions.

STUDY OF GYROMONOTRON WITH A COMBINING PERIODIC MAGNETIC FIELD AND A COAXIAL CYCLOTRON ELECTRON BEAM

On the basis of a work of Wu Jianqiang et al.(1987),by making use of the linear kinetictheory,the gyromonotron with a combining periodic magnetic field and a coaxial cyclotron electron beam hasbeen analysed in detail.And the formulas of the electron beam to wave interaction power,frequency shift andstarting current,etc.have been derived.

Selective growth of carbon nanotube on silicon substrates

The carbon nanotube (CNT) growth of iron oxide-deposited trench-patterns and the locally-ordered CNT arrays on silicon substrate were achieved by simple thermal chemical vapor deposition(STCVD) of ethanol vapor. The CNTs were uniformly synthesized with good selectivity on trench-patterned silicon substrates. This fabrication process is compatible with currently used semiconductor-processing technologies, and the carbon-nanotube fabrication process can be widely applied for the development of electronic devices using carbon-nanotube field emitters as cold cathodes and can revolutionize the area of field-emitting electronic devices. The site-selective growth of CNT from an iron oxide nanoparticle catalyst patterned were also achieved by drying-mediated self-assembly technique. The present method offers a simple and cost-effective method to grow carbon nanotubes with self-assembled patterns.

Theory of wave propagation along waveguide filled with plasma in finite magnetic field

Rigorous analytical theory of wave propagation along a cylindrical waveguide filled with plasmas in a dielectric tube immersed in finite magnetic field is presented.The field components' expressions,eigenvalues,dispersion equations and complex wave power transmission equations have been obtained rigorously and discussed in detail.It is shown analytically that there is no disruption of the wave propagationin the ECR (ω=ωa) case,although the electrical permittivities approach to infinite in the case,and it hasbeen found that a real resonance takes place in this case while ω=(ωa2+ωpc2)1/2,in which the wave propagationof any mode is broken.The effective collisions are taken into consideration in the theory.Based on the above theory,the analytical theory of corrugated plasma waveguide immersed in finite axial magnetic field is also presented.The Floquet's expansion of field components,the dispersion equations,and the coupling coefficients of the corrugated plasma waveguide have been derived rigorously and discussed in detail.