Carbon nanotubes aligning by Langmuir-Blodgett technique and visualizing by nematic liquid crystals

Anton Sadovoy; Yulia Dubovik; Vasily Nazvanov

doi:10.1117/12.753440

20 June 2007 Carbon nanotubes aligning by Langmuir-Blodgett technique and visualizing by nematic liquid crystals

Anton Sadovoy, Yulia Dubovik, Vasily Nazvanov

Proceedings Volume 6536, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Coherent Optics of Ordered and Random Media VII; 653609 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.753440
Event: Saratov Fall Meeting 2006, 2006, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract

The Langmuir-Blodgett technique has been applied to build optically homogeneous monolayer films of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) which possess good surface spreading properties at the air/water interface. Mono-layers of MWCNTs- arahidic acid were deposited on glass substrates with ITO contacts by vertical lifting. Prepared substrates used to make liquid crystals optical cells to detecting morphology of MWCNT mono-layers which play the aligning coveting role. We demonstrate that MWCNT aligned by one direction in the Langmuir-Blodgett film which was transferred on the substrate with keeping MWCNTs aligning.

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Anton Sadovoy, Yulia Dubovik, and Vasily Nazvanov "Carbon nanotubes aligning by Langmuir-Blodgett technique and visualizing by nematic liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 6536, Saratov Fall Meeting 2006: Coherent Optics of Ordered and Random Media VII, 653609 (20 June 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.753440

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