Silicon nanotubes

Polycrystalline Amorphous Epitaxial silicon Carbon fiber Filaments Carbon nanotubes Silicon dioxide Tungsten Silicon nitride Titanium nitride... 

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Silicon Nanotubes Silicon nanotubes (SiNTs) are novel one-dimensional stmc-tures that share some of the properties of carbon nanotubes [118] and silicon nanowires [119] and have potential applications as nanoscale photoelectric devices... 

Figure 13.21 An example of the types of data now available from the analytical pyrolysis of silicones. On the left are pyrolysis thermograms from the pyrolysis series of carbon nanotube-silicone composites at a moderate ramp rate coupled with GC/MS in a non-separating direct detection mode. On the right is the full product speciation obtained from the baUisUc pyrolysis of a sample of the unfilled silicone elastomer, with the subsequent separation and speciation of the degradation products by GC/MS.

The newest addition to the forms of elemental carbon is the nanotube. A carbon nanotube is a long cylinder of carbon atoms, connected together in much the same way as in a fullerene. Both the diameter and the length of carbon nano-tubes can vary. Properties of nanotubes, such as their ability to conduct electrical charge, change dramatically with the dimensions of the tube. Carbon nanotubes are under intensive study. For example, a carbon nanotube laid down on a silicon chip forms a molecular transistor. Such devices may eventually lead to further miniaturization of the chips that are at the heart of modem computers. 

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Field emission displays are VFDs that use field emission cathodes as the electron source. The cathodes can be molybdenum microtips,33-35 carbon films,36,37 carbon nanotubes,38" 16 diamond tips,47 or other nanoscale-emitting materials.48 Niobium silicide applied as a protective layer on silicon tip field emission arrays has been claimed to improve the emission efficiency and stability.49 ZnO Zn is used in monochrome field emission device (FED) displays but its disadvantage is that it saturates at over 200 V.29... 

Tseng, Y.-C. Xuan, P. Javey, A. Malloy, R. Wang, Q. Bokor, J. Dai, H. 2004. Monolithic integration of carbon nanotube devices with silicon MOS technology. Nano Lett. 4 123-127. 

Hepplestone SP, Srivastava GP (2006) The intrinsic lifetime of low-frequency zone-centre phonon modes in silicon nanowires and carbon nanotubes. Applied Surface Science 252 7726-7729. 

Flavel, B., M. Nambiar, and J. Shapter, Electrochemical Detection of Copper Using a Gly-Gly-His Modified Carbon Nanotube Biosensor. Silicon, 2011. 3(4) p. 163-171. 

Separation of SWNTs based on chirality and diameter with surfactants has also been evidenced by density-gradient ultracentrifugation [86]. Finally, a recent study has demonstrated the separation of semiconducting nanotubes from metallic ones by chemical interaction of the former with attached amine-terminated silane molecules assembled on a silicon wafer. In a separate experiment, metallic nanotubes were also... 

Nanotubes are being used as points in some SPM units. The ends of these nanotubes can be closed or functionalized offering even finer tips and tips that interact with specific sites allowing manipulation on an atom-by-atom basis. These nanotubes are typically smaller than silicon tips and are generally more robust. 

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