Browsing by Subject "carbon nanotubes"
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(2013-08-12)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe aims of this dissertation are to develop synthesis techniques for carbon nanomaterials, to investigate their electrical and optical properties, and to explore their applications in energy conversion and biological ...
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(2013-07-26)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMECHANICAL ENGINEERING A STUDY OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND GOLD NANOWIRES KYLE OTTE Thesis under the direction of Professor Deyu Li The thermal properties ...
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(2019-08-19)Department: Electrical EngineeringCathodes are one of the most important components of energy generation/storage devices. In dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and photocapacitors, cathodes are critical in determining the cell’s properties such as the ...
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(2007-12-31)Department: Materials Science and EngineeringA study on the dynamics and nature of the processes leading to the redistribution of energy and charge after photoexcitation of single-wall carbon nanotubes is presented. Ultrafast as well as continuous wave spectroscopies ...
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(2014-12-01)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceThe favorable conductive properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) offer opportunities for constructing CNT-based nanocomposites with improved thermal conduction for a range of potential applications. Such lightweight composite ...
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(2011-08-08)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe superior material properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) such as high aspect ratio, high surface area, superb mechanical properties, thermal and chemical stability have generated enormous research activities to push for ...
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(2012-04-20)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are modeled using the Tersoff-Brenner potential and thermal conductivities were estimated using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. Thermal conductivity for single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and ...
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Studies on graphitic carbon nanofibers: towards electronic, mechanical and biological applications (2006-07-13)Department: ChemistryGraphitic carbon nanofibers (GCNFs) have become the subject of extensive research due to their high aspect ratio, large surface area, superior electronic and mechanical properties. A variety of nanocomposites containing ...
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(2008-07-27)Department: PhysicsThis dissertation is mainly focused on the femtosecond pump probe spectroscopy of the (6, 5) single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). There are three advantages in this experiment, first, we upgrade the optical parametric ...