polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) have been widely used to flame-retard products common in homes and theworkplace, and subsequently. polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) typify a class of highly toxic, stable aromaticpollutants. pcbs are recently being scrutinized for potential environment damage in groundwater and in theatmosphere. the elimination of chemical pollutants from a contaminated environm...

We report a numerical investigation on the catalytic growth mechanism of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) inside a template SWNT, that is, formation of a double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT). The molecular dynamics simulations together with complementary ab inito calculations suggest that the DWNT formation from thermally annealed metallocene-encapsulating SWNT goes through formation of m...

Single-walled carbon nanotube ~SWNT! tips have been used to image nanostructures with high resolution. Studies of gold nanocrystal standards showed that SWNT tips provide a significant improvement in lateral resolution with respect to multi-walled nanotube tips and microfabricated Si tips. The nanotube tips were also used to resolve substructure within SWNTs deposited on surfaces. These results...

We present the photovoltaic properties of heterojunctions made from single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) fibers and n-type silicon wafers. The use of the opaque SWNT fiber allows photo-generated holes to transport along the axis direction of the fiber. The heterojunction solar cells show conversion efficiencies of up to 3.1% (actual) and 10.6% (nominal) at AM1.5 condition. In addition, the use ...

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (such as, anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene and so on) are non-polar, hydrophobic compounds, which are not ionized. they are only slightly soluble in water. they are very dangerous compounds in the environment. the single-walled carbon nanotube (swnt) is used for removal and conversion of anthracene to low-risk products. in this study, electron transfer between anthrac...

Optical anisotropy in single-walled carbon nanotube thin film networks is reported. We obtain the real and imaginary parts of the in-(parallel) and out-of-plane (perpendicular) complex dielectric functions of the single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films by combining transmission measurements at several incidence angles with spectroscopic ellipsometry data on different substrates. In spar...

Millimeter-long and well-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been produced on silica/silicon surfaces using the carbon monoxide chemical vapor deposition (CO-CVD) method. The orientation of the nanotube arrays can be well-controlled by the gas flow during the growth. The majority of the orientated SWNTs are straight and individual. The length of the nanotubes can be >2 mm for a ...

We report the response of the electrical conductivity of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films on exposure to metal vapors of the early lanthanides under high vacuum conditions. We attribute the strongly enhanced conductivities observed on deposition of samarium and europium to charge transfer from the metals to the SWNT backbone, thereby leading to the first examples o...

We report surprisingly efficient photocurrent generation at individual single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) /poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) junctions. Contrary to previous prediction, both semiconducting SWNTs (s-SWNTs) and metallic SWNTs (m-SWNTs) function as efficient hole acceptors. By active tuning of SWNTs' Fermi level, we confirm that P3HT p-dopes both s-SWNT and m-SWNT, and the w...

This paper presents the development and fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT) based sensor devices through morphological and electrical characterization. The silicon oxide (SiO2) as insulator is formed by dry oxidation process and Aurum (Au) layer is deposited using thermal evaporator. Then, the electrodes pattern is transferred by photolithography process. The single-walled carbon nanotubes (SW...