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Thin Films of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Prepared by Dielectrophoresis
Author(s) -
Krupke R.,
Linden S.,
Rapp M.,
Hennrich F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200600134
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , dielectrophoresis , nanotechnology , substrate (aquarium) , metal , thin film , carbon nanotube actuators , potential applications of carbon nanotubes , frit compression , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , nanotube , carbon nanotube supported catalyst , carbon nanofiber , metallurgy , microfluidics , oceanography , geology
Dielectrophoretic separation of metallic carbon nanotubes from semiconducting carbon nanotubes is developing towards a bulk‐separation method, which allows, for the first time, the production of thin films of only metallic single‐walled carbon nanotubes on a transparent quartz‐glass substrate (see figure). Larger quantities of nanotubes are processed without sacrificing the intrinsic high quality of the process–a development that is promising for the development of nanotube‐based electronic‐device applications.