Development of carbon nanotube based spectrum infrared sensors

Author

Lai, King Wai Chiu ; Xi, Ning ; Luo, Yilun ; Fung, Carmen K M ; Zhang, Jiangbo ; Chen, Hongzhi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI

fYear

2008

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1600

Lastpage

1603

Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) has been found to be one of the promising semi-conducting materials for nanoelectronic devices and sensors due to its unique electrical properties. Our group has developed a spectrum sensor using a single CNT and demonstrated its performance. In this paper, a steady and high-yield CNT bandgap engineering will be discussed and it has been used to manufacture an appropriate CNT for spectrum infrared detection. The fabrication and experimental result of the CNT based spectrum sensor will be presented. The results indicated the CNT based spectrum sensors are capable to sense near-infrared (IR) signal and middle-wave IR signal in room temperature environment.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; infrared detectors; CNT bandgap engineering; carbon nanotube; middle-wave IR signal; near-infrared signal; room temperature; spectrum infrared detection; spectrum infrared sensors; Carbon nanotubes; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Infrared spectra; Nanoscale devices; Nanostructured materials; Organic materials; Photonic band gap; Pulp manufacturing; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lecce

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2580-8

Electronic_ISBN

1930-0395

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716756

Filename

4716756