TY - CHAP
T1 - Carbon nanotubes as nanoelectromechanical systems components
AU - Sinnott, Susan B.
AU - Aluru, Narayan R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (EEC-02288390). S.B.S. thanks Mr. P. Chiu and Ms. A. Holt for their assistance assembling materials for this chapter. N.R.A. thanks Drs. J. Park, G. Li, C. Won, and S. Joseph with help on some of the material presented in this chapter.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can function as metallic or semiconducting conductors, have great stiffness in the axial direction, and can readily absorb gases and liquids into their hollow interiors. This combination of properties makes CNTs natural components for future nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). This chapter reviews recent computational and experimental work that investigates and establishes the properties of nanotubes that will be relevant to their use in NEMS devices. The focus is on nanofluidic behavior of gases, and liquids confined to CNT or bundle interiors, the mechanical, and thermal properties of CNTs, and electronic transport in CNTs. The challenges and opportunities inherent in producing NEMS devices from CNT components are also discussed in the chapter. © 2006
AB - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can function as metallic or semiconducting conductors, have great stiffness in the axial direction, and can readily absorb gases and liquids into their hollow interiors. This combination of properties makes CNTs natural components for future nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). This chapter reviews recent computational and experimental work that investigates and establishes the properties of nanotubes that will be relevant to their use in NEMS devices. The focus is on nanofluidic behavior of gases, and liquids confined to CNT or bundle interiors, the mechanical, and thermal properties of CNTs, and electronic transport in CNTs. The challenges and opportunities inherent in producing NEMS devices from CNT components are also discussed in the chapter. © 2006
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-044451855-2/50016-4
DO - 10.1016/B978-044451855-2/50016-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84863512303
SN - 9780444518552
SP - 361
EP - 488
BT - Carbon Nanotechnology
PB - Elsevier
ER -