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Structure of matterLec. (7)
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Graphite – Van der Waals Bonds
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Graphite
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Soft and slippery Many strong covalent bonds holding the structure together but only in 2 dimensions. The layers are free to slide easily over one another. Graphite powder is used as a lubricant.
BrittleAll of the bonds are directional within a layer and stress across a layer will tend to break them. Graphite rods used for electrolysis easily break when dropped.
Electrical conductorOnly three of the valence (outer shell) electrons are used in sigma bonding. The other electron is in a 'p' orbital which can overlap laterally with neighbouring 'p' orbitals making giant molecular pi orbitals that extend over the whole of each layer. Electrons are free to move within these delocalised pi orbitals.
Insoluble in water.There are only very weak Van der Waal's attractions between the carbon atoms and the water molecules whereas the carbon atoms are bonded very tightly to one another.
Very high melting pointMany strong covalent bonds holding the layers together - it requires massive amounts of energy to pull it apart
Graphite
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Diamond
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Hard Many strong covalent bonds holding the structure together.
Brittle All of the bonds are directional and stress will tend to break the structure (In a malleable substance, such as for example a metal, the bonding is non-directional and can still act if the particles are displaced with respect to one another).
Insulator All of the valence (outer shell) electrons are used in bonding. The bonds are sigma and the electrons are located between the two carbon nuclei being bonded together. None of the electrons are free to move
Insoluble in water. There are only very weak Van der Waal's attractions between the carbon atoms and the water molecules whereas the carbon atoms are bodned very tightly to one another.
Very high melting point Many strong covalent bonds holding the structure together - it requires massive amounts of energy to pull it apart
Diamond
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Diamond
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Properties & Applications
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• Thermal
• Storage
Nanocarbon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yRjYiw_H_s8
Discovered in 1985Nobel prize Chemistry 1996
Curl, Kroto, and Smalley
Fullerenes
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Buckyballs
C60
32 facets
(12 pentagons and 20 hexagons)
C70, C76, and C84 10
Bucky Balls
• Symmetric shape → lubricant• Large surface area → catalyst• High temperature (~750oC)• High pressure• Hollow → caging particles
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Buckyballs• Forms a crystal by weak van der
Waals force • Superconductivity
- K3C60: 19.2 K
- RbCs2C60: 33 K
Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7the ed. 1996.12
Buckyballs• Forms a crystal by weak van der
Waals force • Superconductivity
- K3C60: 19.2 K
- RbCs2C60: 33 K
http://invsee.asu.edu/nmodules/Carbonmod/crystalline.html
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Soft and slippery Few covalent bonds holding the molecules together but only weak Vander Waals forces between molecules.
Brittle Soft weak crystals typical of covalent substances
Electrical Insulator No movement of electrons available from one molecule to the next. The exception could be the formation of nano-tubes that are capable of conducting electricity along their length. These are the subject of some experiments in micro electronics
Insoluble in water. There are only very weak Van der Waal's attractions between the carbon atoms and the water molecules whereas the carbon atoms are bonded very tightly to one another in the molecules.
Low Melting Point Solids Typical of covalent crystals where only Van der Waal's interactions have to be broken for melting.
Buckyballs
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Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)
• Like graphite but all coiled up• Typically 10 Angstroms in diameter• Can be electrically conductive or semiconducting• SWNT and MWNT
– Composites, transistors, hydrogen storage
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Nanotube
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The "armchair" type has the characteristics of a metal
The "zigzag" type has properties that change depending on the tube diameter
The "spiral" type has the characteristics of a semiconductor
Armchair
Zigzag
Spiral
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Nanotube
Zheng et al. Nature Materials 3 (2004) 673.
SWCNT – 1.9 nm
Diameter:
as low as 1 nm
Length:
μm to cm
High aspect ratio:
1000diameter
length
→ quasi 1D solid
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Nanotube Intro Video
• Earth and sky: Properties of Nanotubes• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQAK4xxPGfM&mode=related&search=Nanotube
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Introduction
A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tubular molecule with axial symmetry and diameter in the nanometer range (Muller).
It can be considered as a rolled up graphene sheet. However, it possesses many properties that leave no doubt this is not just graphene.
http://www.nanotech-now.com/nanotube-buckyball-sites.htm
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phasetrans/2005/paper/img19.png
Types• Single Walled CNT (SWCNT): one-atom-thick CNTs• Multi Walled CNT (MWCNT): concentric layers of
CNTs
http://www-ibmc.u-strasbg.fr/ict/images/SWNT_MWNT.jpg
Properties
Among some of the properties of the CNTs we can find:
• Electrical: Both metallic and non-metallic behaviors are observed, while geometry plays a profound part in determining the electronic behavior. (Ebbesen)
• Elastic: Tensile Young’s module and torsion shear module comparable to that of diamond (Lu).
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/family/img/27335_Electricity.jpg
http://www.nanoshel.com/research-center/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ballistic-impact.jpg
Properties
• Mechanical: Carbon nanotubes have high strength plus extraordinary flexibility and resilience. (Salvetat)
• Thermal: Thermal expansion of carbon nanotubes will be essentially isotropic that is, uniform in all directions (Ruoff).
http://brent.kearneys.ca/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/carbon_nanotube.jpg
Nanotube Stats• Current capacity
Carbon nanotube 1 GAmps / cm2
Copper wire 1 MAmps / cm2
• Thermal conductivity
Comparable to pure diamond (3320 W / m.K)
• Temperature stability
Carbon nanotube 750 oC (in air)
Metal wires in microchips 600 – 1000 oC
• Caging
May change electrical properties
→ can be used as a sensor
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NanotubesCarbon nanotubes are the strongest known material.
• Young Modulus (stiffness): Carbon nanotubes 1250 GPa Carbon fibers 425 GPa (max.) High strength steel 200 GPa
• Tensile strength (breaking strength)
Carbon nanotubes 11- 63 GPa
Carbon fibers 3.5 - 6 GPa
High strength steel ~ 2 GPa
• Elongation to failure : ~ 20-30 %• Density: Carbon nanotube (SW) 1.33 – 1.40 gram / cm3
Aluminium 2.7 gram / cm3
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Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
• IFW-Dresden Carbon Nanotubes• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgToxaOqF10&mode=related&search=Nanotube
• Synthesis of Carbon nanotube• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N79nlhwcgM&mode=related&search=C60%20Ful
lerene%20Fullereno%20Buckyball
• Growth of Carbon nanotube• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p8vFdCJRZE&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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Water Resistant Coatings
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Carbon FiberA 6 μm diameter carbon filament (running from bottom left to top right) compared to a human hair.
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Sports Equipment
CNT Carbon Nanotube Opti-Flex composite handle technology, provids maximum handle flex-three times greater than aluminum
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Carbon Nanotube/Cement Composite Systems
In concrete, they increase the tensile strength, and halt crack propagation.33
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The Space Elevator
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Space Elevator
• NOVA space elevator intro• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwZmWoymeI&
mode=related&search
• 2 minute space elevator intro• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2UZDHHDhog
• Space Elevator Competition: USST's First Place Climb
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkdfuQdoW_Q&mode=related&search=space-elevator%20turbo%20crawler
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CNT light bulb filament: alternative to tungsten filaments in
incandescent lamps
The average efficiency is 40% higher than that of a tungsten filament at the same temperature (1400–2300 K).
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Nano Radio
• http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=11056638
• http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=110566
When a radio wave of a specific frequency impinges on the nanotube, it begins to vibrate vigorously.
An electric field applied to the nanotube forces electrons to be emitted from its tip.
This electrical current may be used to detect the mechanical vibrations of the nanotube, and thus listen to the radio waves.
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Nanotube Radio
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQkzvnstkg• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQz9C7yE1kc
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Carbon Nanotube Electronics
• Carbon nanotube in microchip• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74YkJYT7Uj4&mod
e=related&search=Nanotube
• Customized Y-Shaped Nanotubes• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGWHBQQKmOs
Transistors – the active component of virtually all electronic devices, are what we refer to as electronic switching devices. In a transistor, a small electric current can be used to control the on/off of a larger current. 41
Semiconducting CNTs have been used to fabricate field effect transistors (CNTFETs). The electron mean free path in SWCNTs can exceed 1 micron (this is very large) therefore it is projected that CNT devices will operate in the frequency range of hundreds of GHz.
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Kavli Institute Delft SEM image of superconducting transistors 43
CNT-FED
Professor George Lisensky http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/cineplex/nanoquest/applications.html
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CNT-FED
Carbon nanotubes can be electrically conductive and due to their small diameter of several nanometers, they can be used as field emitters with extremely high efficiency for field emission displays (FED). The principle of operation resembles that of the cathode ray tube, but on a much smaller length scale.
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Bucky Paper
A thin sheet made from nanotubes that are 250 times stronger than steel and 10 times lighter that could be used as a heat sink for chipboards, a backlight for LCD screens or as a faraday cage to protect electrical devices 46
Warwick ICAST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Ax8sY2U4A&mode=related&search=Nanotube
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Hydrogen Storage Carbon nanotubes covered in titanium atoms provide a very efficient method for storing hydrogen.
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'Artificial muscles' made from nanotubes
"Artificial muscles" have been made from millions of carbon nanotubes. Like natural muscles, providing an electrical charge causes the individual fibers to expand and the whole structure to move. 50
Bone cells grown on carbon nanotubes
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have published findings that show, for the first time, that bone cells can grow and proliferate on a scaffold of carbon nanotubes. Scientists found that the nanotubes, 100,000 times finer than a human hair, are an excellent scaffold for bone cells to grow on.
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Nano SQUID
A SQUID is a superconducting interferometer device. SQUID devices can be used to monitor infinitesimally small magnetic fields or currents. The originality of this work, is to use gate-tunable carbon-nanotubes (CNT) for the Josephson junctions. The device combines features of single electron transistors with typical properties of a SQUID interferometer. The gate tunability of the CNT junctions enhance the sensitivity of the device which can in principle detect the spin of a single molecule. 52