Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs forest) array is known to be the darkest material on earth. However, post processing of VACNTs array by micro mechanical bending (M2B) causes the individual CNT to be bent, flattened and reflective. This interesting change in the optical property of C...

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Main Authors: Mohd Razib, M. A., Saleh, Tanveer, Hassan, M. A.
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/43006/1/Conf_Asyraf_1.pdf
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author Mohd Razib, M. A.
Saleh, Tanveer
Hassan, M. A.
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Saleh, Tanveer
Hassan, M. A.
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description Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs forest) array is known to be the darkest material on earth. However, post processing of VACNTs array by micro mechanical bending (M2B) causes the individual CNT to be bent, flattened and reflective. This interesting change in the optical property of CNT forest opens the gateway, to use it as displacement sensor both for linear and angular motion. This paper investigates experimentally how different parameters of M2B process affect the morphology of the patterned zone which is very important in fabricating this type of sensor. Micro-mechanical bending is locally applied to the targeted area in order to change the physical property of carbon nanotube. The factors that govern the resultant have been first identified; rotation spindle rate, bending speed rate, step size and total depth of bend. The resultant has been analyzed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) technique to observe the differences in surface roughness and structural integrity, revealing their dependence on the machining parameters.
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spelling iium-430062016-03-14T01:10:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43006/ Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication Mohd Razib, M. A. Saleh, Tanveer Hassan, M. A. TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs forest) array is known to be the darkest material on earth. However, post processing of VACNTs array by micro mechanical bending (M2B) causes the individual CNT to be bent, flattened and reflective. This interesting change in the optical property of CNT forest opens the gateway, to use it as displacement sensor both for linear and angular motion. This paper investigates experimentally how different parameters of M2B process affect the morphology of the patterned zone which is very important in fabricating this type of sensor. Micro-mechanical bending is locally applied to the targeted area in order to change the physical property of carbon nanotube. The factors that govern the resultant have been first identified; rotation spindle rate, bending speed rate, step size and total depth of bend. The resultant has been analyzed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) technique to observe the differences in surface roughness and structural integrity, revealing their dependence on the machining parameters. 2014 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43006/1/Conf_Asyraf_1.pdf Mohd Razib, M. A. and Saleh, Tanveer and Hassan, M. A. (2014) Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication. In: Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, 25 Nov - 25 Nov 2014, Berjaya Times Hotel Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia 1 Jalan Imbi 55100 Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=7047440&tag=1
spellingShingle TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
Mohd Razib, M. A.
Saleh, Tanveer
Hassan, M. A.
Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title_full Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title_fullStr Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title_full_unstemmed Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title_short Micro-Mechanical Bending (M2 B) method for Carbon Nanotube (CNT) based sensor fabrication
title_sort micro-mechanical bending (m2 b) method for carbon nanotube (cnt) based sensor fabrication
topic TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/43006/1/Conf_Asyraf_1.pdf