MRS Proceedings
- MRS Proceedings / Volume 1283 / 2011
- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.548 (About DOI)
Editors : M. Chhowalla, R.R. Keller, M. Meyyappan, W.J. Ready
Articles
Characterization of Curvature in CNT Turf Structures from Two-Dimensional Images
2010 MRS Fall Meeting.
Garrett M. Kelleya1 and David P. Fielda1
a1 School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
Carbon nanotube turfs are collections of nanotubes in a turf or mat assembly with potential application as thermal switches, flat panel displays, hard drives, sensors, etc. The nano-topology of the turf necessarily relates to the turf properties; electrical, thermal, optical, etc. A simple method to quantitatively characterize the density, tortuosity and path connectedness of the turfs using secondary electron imaging was previously developed. The present work aims at developing the groundwork for a more realistic measure of tortuosity by using a deterministic approach to obtain the radii of semi-circular tubes as observed in projected images.
(Online publication March 17 2011)
Key Words:
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM);
- structural;
- nanostructure
