Preliminary Program subject to change
TF003 (22a) 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 F: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (TF)

Chair

Virginia A. Davis
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
230 Ross Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5127
Phone Number: 334-844-2060
Fax Number: 334-844-2063
Email: davisva@auburn.edu

CoChair

Michael S. Strano
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 RAL, MC-712
600 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone Number: 217-333-3634
Email: strano@uiuc.edu
Introductory Remarks
Dynamics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Water
Rajat Duggal, Rice University, MS362 Rice University, 6100 Main, Houston, TX 77005 and Matteo Pasquali, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 362, Houston, TX 77005
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Via Supercritical Fluid Treatment
André D. Taylor, Jeremy Kizuka and Levi T. Thompson, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 3230 H.H. Dow Building, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Argon Plasma Assisted Uv Grafting of 1-Vinylimidazole
Mary B. Chan-Park1, Y. H. Yan1 and Qing Zhang2, (1)School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 360014, Singapore, (2)School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 360014, Singapore
Separation of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Non-Functionalized Using a Novel Electro-Diffusion Mechanism
Michael S. Strano1, Woo-Jae Kim2 and Monica L. Usrey2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 RAL, MC-712, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 RAL, MC-712, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
Tailoring of Pore Structure of Carbon Nanotube Fibers for Biomedical Applications
Gerardo Callegari1, K G Kornev1, Peter I. Ravikovitch2, John Kuppler2 and Alexander V. Neimark3, (1)TRI/Princeton, 601 Prospect Avenue, P.O.Box 625, Princeton, NJ 08542, (2)TRI/Princeton, 601 Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ 08542, (3)Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Strong Acids
Pradeep Rai1, Robert A. Pinnick1, Nicholas Parra-Vasquez1, Virginia A. Davis2, Howard K. Schmidt3, Robert H. Hauge3, Richard E. Smalley3 and Matteo Pasquali1, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, MS-362, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5127, (3)Department of Chemistry, MS-60, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
From Bucky Pearls to Armchair Quantum Wires
Hua Fan1, Richard Booker1, Nicholas Parra-Vasquez2, Zheyi Chen1, Robert H. Hauge1, Wen-Fang Wheng1, Matteo Pasquali2 and Richard E. Smalley3, (1)Smalley Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 362, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 362, Houston, TX 77005, (3)Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5127

Topical F: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum