CARBON NANOTUBES

Dr. Islam Eshrah

Prepared by :Eng. Doaa Mahmoud
 Outlines:

Background leading Potential

up to Carbon applications of
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes: Electromagnetic

An Overview. applications.

Properties of
Carbon Nanotubes.
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Thursday, Dec 2
Background leading up to carbon nanotubes

• Until the mid-1980’s pure solid carbon was thought

to exist in only two physical forms, diamond and
graphite.

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Thursday, Dec 3
Background leading up to carbon nanotubes
•
“con’t”
Fullerenes:
• Fullerenes are a form of carbon molecule that is
neither graphite nor diamond. They consist of a
spherical, ellipsoid, or cylindrical arrangement of
dozens of carbon atoms.

• A spherical fullerene looks like a soccer ball, and are

often called “buckyballs," whereas cylindrical
fullerenes are known as "buckytubes" or
"nanotubes”.

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Background leading up to carbon nanotubes
“con’t”
• Fullerenes:

nanotubes buckyballs
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Thursday, Dec 5
 Outlines:

Background leading Potential

up to Carbon applications of
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes: Electromagnetic

An Overview. applications.

Properties of
Carbon Nanotubes.
Eng. Doaa Mahmoud
Thursday, Dec 6
 Carbon Nanotubes: An Overview
• In recent years there has been much research into the
development and advancement of carbon nanotubes.
• Types of carbon nanotubes:

I. Single-walled nanotubes II. Multi-walled nanotubes

(SWNT) (MWNT)

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Thursday, Dec 7
 Outlines:

Background leading Potential

up to Carbon applications of
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes: Electromagnetic

An Overview. applications.

Properties of
Carbon Nanotubes.
Eng. Doaa Mahmoud
Thursday, Dec 8
 Properties of Carbon Nanotubes:

1. Strength
2. Electrical
3. Thermal
4. Defects

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Thursday, Dec 9
 Outlines:

Background leading Potential

up to Carbon applications of
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes: Electromagnetic

An Overview. applications.

Properties of
Carbon Nanotubes.
Eng. Doaa Mahmoud
Thursday, Dec 10
Potential applications of Carbon Nanotubes:
I. Medicine
II. Mechanical
III.Electrical circuits
IV.Electromagnetic
a) Cell phones and Wireless Antennas (nano
Radio).
b) Flat panel display screens.
c) Artificial muscles.
d) Transistors.

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Thursday, Dec 11
 Outlines:

Background leading Potential

up to Carbon applications of
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes.

Carbon Nanotubes: Electromagnetic

An Overview. applications.

Properties of
Carbon Nanotubes.
Eng. Doaa Mahmoud
Thursday, Dec 12
 IV.Electromagnetic applications

a) Cell phones and Wireless Antennas (nano Radio).

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Thursday, Dec 13
 IV.Electromagnetic applications
“con’t”
• Nano Radio:
1. Reception
Antenna of nanodimensions detects a radio wave by
vibrating at the same frequency as the rapidly oscillating
signal.

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Thursday, Dec 14
 IV.Electromagnetic applications
“con’t”
• Nano Radio:
2. Tunning:
Strength of an electric field can be adjusted to let the nanotube be
tensioned like a guitar string so that it vibrates only at the proper
frequency.

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Thursday, Dec 15
 IV.Electromagnetic applications
“con’t”
• Nano Radio:
3. Amplification:
A large flow of electrons from the nanotube tip amplifies the
signal in the presence of a small voltage from a battery.

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Thursday, Dec 16
 IV.Electromagnetic applications
“con’t”
• Nano Radio:
4. Demodulation
The vibrating nanotube alters the current in a way that
retains just the audio frequencies of the radio wave.

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Thursday, Dec 17
IV. Electromagnetic applications “con’t”
b) Flat panel display screens.

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Thursday, Dec 18
IV. Electromagnetic applications “con’t”
c) Artificial muscles.
( Laser-driven Nanomotor )

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Thursday, Dec 19
IV. Electromagnetic applications
d) Transistors.

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Thursday, Dec 20
References:

• “CARBON NANOTUBES SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS” EDITED

BY M. Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

• “physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes” Imperial College Press

203, Electrical Engineering Building, Imprial College, London SW7
2BT

• http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/optoelectronics/watching-the-
nanotube/0
•http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?
AID=23899&LinkType=Outbrain
• http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=9743

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Thursday, Dec 21
 Thank You

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Thursday, Dec 22