Laser-Assisted Nanofabrication of Carbon Nanostructures

Abstract

An overview of laser-assisted techniques developed in our group for fabricatingcarbonnanostructures, including two-dimensional graphene, one-dimensional carbon nanotubes, and zero-dimensional carbon nanoonions, is presented. Unique laser-material interactions provide versatile possibilities in fabricatingcarbonnanostructures, including localized heating, direct laser writing, tip-enhanced optical near-field effect,polarization, ablation, resonant excitation, precise energy delivery, and mask-free direct patterning. Rapid single-step fabrication of graphene patterns was achieved using laser directing writing. Parallel integration of single-walled carbon nanotubes was realized by making use of tip-enhanced optical near-field effect. High-quality carbon nanoonions were obtained through laser resonant excitation of precursor molecules.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Carban Nanotubes; Graphene; Electrodes; Laser Beam Effects; Carbon; Polarization; Nanofabrication; Nanostructures; Laser Beams; Raman Spectra

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1042-346X

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2012 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2012

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