Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are multifunctional materials commonly used in a large number of applications in electronics, sensors, nanocomposites, thermal management, actuators, energy storage and conversion, and drug delivery. Despite recent important advances in the development of CNT purity assessment tools and atomic resolution imaging of individual nanotubes by scanning tunnelling microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, the macroscale assessment of the overall surface qualities of commercial CNT materials remains a great challenge. The lack of quantitative measurement technology to characterize and compare the surface qualities of bulk manufactured and engineered CNT materials has negative impacts on the reliable and consistent nanomanufacturing of CNT products. In this paper it is shown how photoacoustic spectroscopy and photothermal radiometry represent useful non-destructive tools to study the optothermal properties of carbon nanotube thin films.

Thermal Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes by Photothermal Techniques / Leahu, Grigore; LI VOTI, Roberto; Larciprete, Maria Cristina; Sibilia, Concetta; Bertolotti, Mario; Nefedov, I.; Anoshkin, I. V.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMOPHYSICS. - ISSN 0195-928X. - ELETTRONICO. - 36:5-6(2015), pp. 1349-1357. [10.1007/s10765-014-1804-0]

Thermal Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes by Photothermal Techniques

LEAHU, GRIGORE;LI VOTI, Roberto;LARCIPRETE, Maria Cristina;SIBILIA, Concetta;BERTOLOTTI, Mario;
2015

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are multifunctional materials commonly used in a large number of applications in electronics, sensors, nanocomposites, thermal management, actuators, energy storage and conversion, and drug delivery. Despite recent important advances in the development of CNT purity assessment tools and atomic resolution imaging of individual nanotubes by scanning tunnelling microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, the macroscale assessment of the overall surface qualities of commercial CNT materials remains a great challenge. The lack of quantitative measurement technology to characterize and compare the surface qualities of bulk manufactured and engineered CNT materials has negative impacts on the reliable and consistent nanomanufacturing of CNT products. In this paper it is shown how photoacoustic spectroscopy and photothermal radiometry represent useful non-destructive tools to study the optothermal properties of carbon nanotube thin films.
2015
Carbon nanotubes; Photoacoustics techniques; Photothermal techniques; Thermal boundary resistance; Thermal diffusivity; Condensed Matter Physics
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Thermal Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes by Photothermal Techniques / Leahu, Grigore; LI VOTI, Roberto; Larciprete, Maria Cristina; Sibilia, Concetta; Bertolotti, Mario; Nefedov, I.; Anoshkin, I. V.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMOPHYSICS. - ISSN 0195-928X. - ELETTRONICO. - 36:5-6(2015), pp. 1349-1357. [10.1007/s10765-014-1804-0]
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