Preliminary Program subject to change
TG002 Issues in Carbon Nanotubes II: Characterization, Functionalization and Applications
OverviewThis session focuses on carbon nanotube applications including the issues regarding their processing and characterization. The session will feature technology that exploits the novel electronic, electro-mechanical, optical, and structural properties of carbon nanotubes for the solution of engineering problems. Topics include fuel cells and catalysis, sensors, field effect transistors and other electronic devices, polymer composites, nanotube electrodes, electro-mechanical devices, and energy absorbing materials. The session will also include papers focusing on processing techniques such as purification, separation and chemical functionalization that are necessary to develop nanotube-based technologies. Also included are papers dealing with characterization methods for carbon nanotube materials.
Primary SponsorTopical G – Carbon Nanotubes (TG)
Co-Sponsor(s)Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)

Chair

Michael S. Strano
Professor
University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign
118 RAL, Roger Adams Lab.
600 S. Mathews Ave.
Champaign, IL 61822
Phone Number: 217-333-3634
Fax Number: 217-333-5052
Email: strano@uiuc.edu

CoChair

Christopher Matranga
Research Scientist
National Energy Technology Laboratory
P. O. Box 10940
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
Phone Number: 412 368-4114
Email: Christopher.Matranga@netl.doe.gov
Controlling the Phase Behavior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube – Superacid Dispersions
Virginia A. Davis1, Valentin Prieto2, Pradeep Rai2, Nicholas Parra-Vasquez2, Robert Pinnick2, Robert H. Hauge3, Richard E. Smalley4 and Matteo Pasquali2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5127, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 362, Houston, TX 77005, (3)Rice University, Department of Chemistry, Houston, TX 77005, (4)Rice University, Carbon Nanotechnology Lab, MS-100, Houston, TX 77005
Crystallization and Orientation Studies in Swnt Based Polymer Nanocomposites
Tirtha Chatterjee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004, Cynthia A. Mitchell, University of Houston, Dept of Chem Engg, Houston, TX 77204-4004, Viktor Hadjiev, Texas Center of Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004 and Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004
High Performance of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes Film Supported Ptru as Anode Catalyst
Wenzhen Li, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall A242, Riverside, CA 92521, Xin Wang, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92507, Zhongwei Chen, University of California, Riverside, A242 Bourns Hall, Chemical Engineering, Riverside, CA 92507, Mahesh M. Waje, University of California Riverside, 1122 Linden street, # 105, Riverside, CA 92507 and Yushan Yan, University of California, Riverside, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521
Influence of Chemical Treatment on the Conductivity of Swnt-Based Thin Films
Federico A. Scodelaro, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, SEC, T335, Norman, OK 73019, Leandro Balzano, SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc, 2360 Industrial Blvd., Norman, OK 73069 and Daniel E. Resasco, University of Oklahoma, School of Chemical Engineering, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019
Length Separation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Extraction Processes
Kirk J. Ziegler1, Daniel J. Schmidt2, Robert H. Hauge2 and Richard E. Smalley2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Room 237 CHE, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Rice University, Department of Chemistry, Houston, TX 77005
Preparation of Carbon Nanotube/Pmma Nanocomposite in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Chien-Yueh Huang1, Baohua Yue2, Yubing Wang2, Zafar Iqbal3 and Robert Pfeffer1, (1)Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, (2)Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, (3)Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Tecgnology, Newark, NJ 07102
Raman Spectroscopy Study of Swnt – Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Nanocomposites
Tirtha Chatterjee1, Koray Yurekli2, Viktor Hadjiev3 and Ramanan Krishnamoorti2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004, (3)Texas Center of Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204 - 4004

Topical G – Carbon Nanotubes