Local heating method for growth of aligned carbon nanotubes at low ambient temperature

• Published in: Физика низких температур
• Date: 2008
• Main Authors: Dittmer, S., Mudgal, S., Nerushev, O.A., Campbell, E.E.B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2008
• Subjects: Carbon nanotubes, quantum wires and Luttinger liquid
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/117563
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Local heating method for growth of aligned carbon nanotubes at low ambient temperature / S. Dittmer, S. Mudgal, O.A. Nerushev, E.E.B. Campbell // Физика низких температур. — 2008. — Т. 34, № 10. — С. 1058-1062. — Бібліогр.: 10 назв. — англ.

We use a highly localised resistive heating technique to grow vertically aligned multiwalled nanotube films and aligned single-walled nanotubes on substrates with an average temperature of less than 100°C. The temperature at the catalyst can easily be as high as 1000 °C but an extremely high temperature gradient ensures that the surrounding chip is held at much lower temperatures, even as close as 1μm away from the local heater. We demonstrate the influence of temperature on the height of multi-walled nanotube films, illustrate the feasibility of sequential growth of single-walled nanotubes by switching between local heaters and also show that nanotubes can be grown over temperature sensitive materials such as resist polymer.