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TEM observation of the giant carbon nanotube construction using Langmuir-Blodgett films

  1. Yoshiaki Imaizumi Non-member1,
  2. Masahito Kushida Member2,*,
  3. Yoichiro Arakawa Non-member1,
  4. Toshio Fukuda Non-member1

Article first published online: 30 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/tee.20382

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IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Special Issue: Special Issue on IEC Standardization on UHV Technologies Developed in Japan

Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 102–106, January 2009

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Imaizumi, Y., Kushida, M., Arakawa, Y. and Fukuda, T. (2009), TEM observation of the giant carbon nanotube construction using Langmuir-Blodgett films. IEEJ Trans Elec Electron Eng, 4: 102–106. doi: 10.1002/tee.20382

Author Information

  1. 1

    Graduate School of Micro Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-tyo, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

  2. 2

    Graduate School of Science and Techonology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yoyoi-tyo, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

*Graduate School of Science and Techonology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yoyoi-tyo, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 30 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 SEP 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 28 JUL 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 27 FEB 2006

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanotubes;
  • chemical vapor deposition;
  • Langmuir-Blodgett films;
  • local growth

Abstract

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films, which included Fe atoms as a catalytic metal material, were used for carbon nanotube (CNT) growth by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). A new form of localized nanotube growth was observed to result in a structure called a giant carbon nanotube construction (GNC). The GNC seems to be a self-assembled knitted structure formed by CNTs. The GNC is thin (∼5 µm in diameter) and long (∼100 µm) and is quite different from a CNT bundle. A growth mechanism for the GNC was developed from the results of TEM, SEM, and Raman spectral analysis. The GNC might find applications for CNT sensors, synthetic fibers, and so on. Copyright © 2009 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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