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Temperature Effects on the Electronic Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes

Temperature Effects on the Electronic Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes. Mark Mascaro Department of Materials Science and Engineering Advisor Francesco Stellacci May 10, 2007. Dispersion and Functionalization of Nanotubes.

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Temperature Effects on the Electronic Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes

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  1. Temperature Effects on the Electronic Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes Mark Mascaro Department of Materials Science and Engineering Advisor Francesco Stellacci May 10, 2007

  2. Dispersion and Functionalization of Nanotubes • Nanotubes display unique electrical and mechanical properties, such as spectacular mechanical resilience and tunable conductivity, and are of interest as quantum wires, scanning probe tips, biosensors, and in many other applications. • To use nanotubes in any system or device, it is necessary to achieve good dispersion or dissolution • This can be achieved through purification techniques, surfactants, or chemical functionalization • Chemical functionalization additionally provides a manipulable chemical handle, useful in controlling surface properties and designing self-assembly procedures • Covalent chemical functionalization to the nanotube sidewall changes carbons from sp2 to sp3 hybridization, destroying electronic structure and conductivity

  3. Carbene Functionalization Image from Lee and Marzari, Physical Review Letters97:116801, 2007. • Three bonding configurations • O open is energetically preferred • O open preserves sp2 hybridization, and therefore conductivity

  4. Electrode Fabrication • 25 nm palladium electrodes • Prepared by electron beam lithography (fingers) and optical lithography (pads) • Large contact pad to accommodate destructive testing

  5. Room-Temperature Resistance Measurements

  6. Room-Temperature Resistance Measurements

  7. Room-Temperature Resistance Measurements • Spread of many orders of magnitude in most samples • Similarly-prepared samples show statistical dissimilarity, indicating uneven dispersion • Tight spacing of resistance values in Carbene Prior, Pristine Prior, etc. indicates high nanotube density; implies significant resistance values

  8. Multi-Pad Temperature Variation Measurements • Samples containing several pads exhibiting approximately the ideal behavior were selected • Sample brought to a certain temperature, multiple pads measured, then temperature adjusted again • Plot of resistance against temperature for each sample shows no real behavior • Contamination is a possibility • Equilibration time is a possibility

  9. Point-Dwell Test for Equilibration • Predicted linear behavior is observed • Random scattering of resistance values sampled immediately after chuck equilibration indicates sample likely equilibrates near-instantaneously

  10. Single-Pad Temperature Variation Measurements: Carbene

  11. Single-Pad Temperature Variation Measurements: Pristine

  12. Single-Pad Temperature Variation Measurements: Nitrobenzene

  13. Conclusions • Carbene samples exhibit pristine-like behavior • Closely-spaced resistance values indicate a possible one-order difference • Similar temperature response • However, the precise difference cannot be quantified from this data alone • This measurement technique is extremely sensitive to sample preparation • Dispersion cannot be measured or controlled for • Statistical methods were inconclusive: significant variation within identical samples made absolute comparison difficult • There is evidence of a contamination effect which permanently increases resistance in these samples upon temperature cycling

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  15. AFM of Interdigitated Electrode

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