Development of carbon nanotube based spectrum infrared sensors

Author

Lai, King Wai Chiu ; Xi, Ning ; Fung, Carmen Kar Man ; Chen, Hongzhi ; Tarn, T.J.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2009

fDate

2-5 June 2009

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

135

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; nanosensors; semiconductor nanotubes; C; bandgap engineering; carbon nanotube; electrical properties; middle-wave IR signal; nanoelectronic devices; near-infrared signal; room temperature environment; semiconducting materials; spectrum infrared sensors; temperature 293 K to 298 K; 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

Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, 2009. NMDC '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Traverse City, MI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4695-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4696-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NMDC.2009.5167554

Filename

5167554