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Growth of Serpentine Carbon Nanotubes on Quartz Substrates and Their Electrical Properties

Seokwoo Jeon1,2,3, Changgu Lee2,3, Jinyao Tang1,3, James Hone2,3(), Colin Nuckolls1,3
Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
Department of Mechanical EngineeringColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
The Columbia University Nanoscale Science and Engineering CenterColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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A simple method for high-yield, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis of serpentine carbon nanotubes, employing quartz substrates and a molecular cluster catalyst, is described. The growth mechanism is analyzed by controlled addition of nanoscale barriers, and by mechanical analysis of the curved sections. The serpentine structures are used to study the electrical transport properties of parallel arrays of identical nanotubes, which show three-terminal conductance that scales linearly with the number of nanotube segments.

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Aligned carbon nanotubechemical vapor deposition growthquartz substrateelectronics

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Nano Research
Volume 1 Issue 5,
October 2008
Pages 427-433
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-008-8044-1
Cite this article:
Jeon S, Lee C, Tang J, et al. Growth of Serpentine Carbon Nanotubes on Quartz Substrates and Their Electrical Properties. Nano Research, 2008, 1(5): 427-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-008-8044-1
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