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An optically-driven platform for manipulation of carbon nanotubes

  • Ming Wei Lee
  • , Yen Heng Lin
  • , Gwo Bin Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Cheng Kung University

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Abstract

The current study unveils an optically-driven platform for efficient manipulation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Capable of generating a non-uniform electric field at movable and changeable illuminated sites, a photoconductive layer is used to optically induce dielectrophoresis forces for manipulating CNTs. It is the platform's ability to flexibly adapt the optically-projected electrode patterns that enables a variety of manipulation throughputs. This approach can achieve a number of real-time manipulation and patterning results based on CNTs. The developed method may have potential to be applied on patterning of CNTs-based nano-sensors together with nano-electronics. Moreover, purification and classification of synthesized CNTs along with other applications requiring nano-scale manipulation may benefit from this technique as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009
Pages515-517
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009 - Genoa, Italy
Duration: 26 07 200930 07 2009

Publication series

Name2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009

Conference

Conference2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenoa
Period26/07/0930/07/09

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Nano-patterning
  • Nano-scale manipulation
  • Optically-induced dielectrophoresis

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