Carbon nanotube networks/arrays

APPLICATIONS USING NETWORKS AND ARRAYS OF CARBON NANOTUBES... 

Haick H, Hakim M, Patrascu M et al (2009) Sniffing chronic renal failure in rat model by an array of random networks of single-waUed carbon nanotubes. ACS NANO 3(5) 1258-1266... 

Figure 1.6. Carbon nanotube structures obtained by chemical vapor deposition synthesis, (a) SEM image of self-oriented MWNT arrays. Each tower-like structure is formed by many closely packed multiwalled nanotubes, (b) SEM top view of a hexagonal network of SWNTs (line-like structures) suspended on top of silicon posts (bright dots), (c) SEM top view of a square network of suspended SWNTs, (d) Side view of a suspended SWNT power line on silicon posts (bright) and (e) SWNTs suspended by silicon structures (bright regions). Reproduced from reference 3 with permission from American Chemical Society.

Kocabas, C., Meitl. M.A.. Gaur. A.. Shim, M., Rogers, J.A. Aligned arrays of single wall carbon nanotubes generated from random networks by orientationally selected laser ablation. Nanoletters, 4, 2421-2426 (2004)... 

Carbon nanostructured devices come in different configurations depending on the desired application. The configurations include scaffolds with nanotubes, randomly dispersed nanotubes on then-surfaces, substrates or electrodes consisting of aligned nanotube arrays or forests, probes tipped with individual or bundled nanotubes, transistors made up of a single nanotube or networks of nanotubes, or even three-dimensional nanotube-based electromechanical devices. This section will highlight the different CNT-based device platforms. 

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