Abstract
Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are fabricated by drawing (combined with spinning) from CNT forests and grown on a substrate. Three types of phenomena occur in these CNT yarns with increasing amounts of current: yarn rotation, catalyst evaporation, and breakage of the yarn. These phenomena result from the resistive heating occurring during the current flow, and have been observed in situ under vacuum by transmission electron microscopy. If these CNT yarns are applied to electronic circuits, the rotation and breakage may lead to circuit failure. However, catalyst evaporation is a useful method for purifying CNT yarns without additional treatments prior to yarn fabrication.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 30-34 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Micron |
| Volume | 74 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Current
- In situ TEM
- Nanotube
- Voltage
- Yarn
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Structural Biology
- Materials Science(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Cell Biology
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Tokunaga, T., Hayashi, Y., Iijima, T., Uesugi, Y., Unten, M., Sasaki, K., & Yamamoto, T. (2015). In situ observation of carbon nanotube yarn during voltage application. Micron, 74, 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2015.04.004