Browsing by Subject "carbon nanotube"
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04)The Pauli Exclusion Principle places a fundamental limit on the brightness of an electron beam. Developing a cathode which can reach this limit is useful for achieving maximum operation in current applications of ...
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(2017-08-08)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe field of nanotechnology has witnessed amazing development in the past decade. In particular, studies of low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, ...
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(2011-07-26)Department: Electrical EngineeringCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) have many potential applications due to their electrical conductivity, excellent chemical properties, mechanical strength, and high surface area. Because of their unique material properties, CNTs ...
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(2017-04-12)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAs energy demand steadily increases, sulfur battery chemistries gain more and more attention for their promise to enable long-duration portable energy (Li-S system) and extremely low cost stationary storage for incorporation ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Graduate School, 2009-03-30)The isosteric heat of adsorption in the Henry's law region is calculated as a function of the pore width for carbon single wall cylindrical nanopores and spherical nanocavities. The maximum isosteric heat of adsorption ...
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(2013-07-26)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThermal conductivities of individual nanostructures have been measured recently with several newly-developed experimental schemes. However, quantifying contact thermal resistance between a nanostructure and related heat ...