Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mir...
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| author | Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi |
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| description | Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can
absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known
black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and,
surprisingly, observed mirror-like reflection from the processed area with 10%–15% reflectivity, a
level higher than typical reflectivity of pure forests by over two orders of magnitude, for a wide
range of the spectrum (570–1100 nm). Patterning of micro mirrors in the forest is demonstrated to
show its potential application for producing monolithically integrated reflector-absorber arrays in
the material |
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| spelling | iium-256482014-04-11T07:54:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/ Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mirror-like reflection from the processed area with 10%–15% reflectivity, a level higher than typical reflectivity of pure forests by over two orders of magnitude, for a wide range of the spectrum (570–1100 nm). Patterning of micro mirrors in the forest is demonstrated to show its potential application for producing monolithically integrated reflector-absorber arrays in the material American Institute of Physics 2012-08-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/1/ApplPhysLett_Final_published_paper.pdf Saleh, Tanveer and Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani and Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan and Dahmardeh, Masoud and Foell, Charles Alden and Nojeh, Alireza and Takahata, Kenichi (2012) Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror. Applied Physics Letter, 101 (6). 061913-1. ISSN 1077-3118 (O), 0003-6951 (P) http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v101/i6/p061913_s1?isAuthorized=no 10.1063/1.4744429 |
| spellingShingle | TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title | Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title_full | Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title_fullStr | Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title_short | Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| title_sort | transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror |
| topic | TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals |
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