Novel Carbon-Carbon Nanocomposites:Building 2D and 3D single-walled carbon nanotube Networks

摘要

Due to the remarkable electronic and mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT),various applications for these in nanoscale devices have been described [1].However,little progress has been reported on techniques related to connecting such tubular structures.The latter is a key issue because both electronic devices and strong nano-mechanical systems need the establishment of molecular connections among SWNTs.In particular,theory predicts that a "Y" or a "T" junction could act as multi-terminal electronic device involving SWNTs [2-4].