Chemistry and Applications of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Author

Haddon, Robert C.

Author_Institution

Departments of Chem. & Chem. & Environ. Eng., California Univ., Riverside, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

3-7 July 2006

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess outstanding physical properties, but in order to fully realize the promise of this material, chemistry is required to process the CNTs into a form that is useful for applications. In the present paper I will discuss our work on the chemistry of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), and the opportunities that this has afforded in the preparation of thin films and bulk materials for application in sensors, near-IR detectors and composites. Time permitting, recent results of the applications of this approach to graphite and graphene is presented.

Keywords

bolometers; carbon nanotubes; infrared detectors; materials preparation; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; bulk materials; chemistry; composites; graphene; graphite; near-IR detectors; physical properties; sensors; single-walled carbon nanotubes; thin films preparation; Biosensors; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical and biological sensors; Chemical processes; Chemical sensors; Chemistry; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Polymers; Semiconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0453-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0453-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONN.2006.340556

Filename

4143336