Meyya Meyyappann 博士 特別講演会

Carbon nanotubes(CNTs) are elongated fullerenes with diameter as small as 0.7nm and several microns long. They exhibit a combination of remarkable mechanical properties and unique electronic properties and thus offer significant potential for revolutionary applications in electronics devices, computing and data storage technology, sensors, composites, storage of hydrogenor lithium for battery development, nanoelectromechanical systems(NEMS), and　astip in scanning probe microscopy(SPM) for imaging and nanolithography. Thus the CNT synthesis, characterization and applications touch upon all disciplines of science and engineering and this talk will provide an overview of the CNTfield.

It is possible now to grow vertically oriented, well-aligned nanowires of semiconducting materials such as silicon, GaAS, GaN and high temperature oxides such as ZnO, InO etc. These inorganic nanowires exhibit very interesting electronic and optical properties compared to their two dimensional thin film cousins and are being investigated for device, laser and sensor applications. An overview of growth, characterization and applications of these nanowires will also be covered.