CNT & Graphene Synthesis

We control nanomaterials at their own size scales for:

CNT synthesis control; characterization; interaction with other materials and functional groups
Hierarchical micro/nanomanufacturing of membrane platforms and characterization
Study of fluid and solution flows under extreme confinement of CNTs using those platforms
Energy technology applications: fuel cell components and membrane reactors, etc.

Carbon nanomaterials synthesized in the Professorship of Nanoscience for the Energy Technology and Sustainabiliy. We can grow single wall- (SW), double wall- (DW) and multiwall (MW) carbon nanotubes (CNT) with different diameters and lengths. We also CVD synthesize graphene monolayer.

(A) Densely packed, vertically aligned SWCNT arrays.
(B) Transmission electron microscope shows that our SWCNT diameter ranges between 1 and 2 nanometers. Molecules can run through this narrow tube ultra-rapidly.
(C) Raman scattering spectroscopy of the as-grown CNT double checks the quality of SWNT.
(D) We recently developed a CVD method of the graphene monolayer. Raman analysis alludes to defect-free quality of our graphene.