9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Electronic transport in a rope of metal filled single walled carbon nanotubes

12 Jul 2012, 14:30
20m
Oral Presentation Track A - Division for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials DCMPM1

Speaker

Ms Siphephile Ncube (University of the Witwatersrand.)

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

Filling of single walled nanotubes (SWNT) with chosen materials opens new possibilities of generating a nearly one dimensional structure by encapsulating a nanowire into a nanotube with a very small diameter. To date researchers have done considerable work on filling multi- and double walled nanotubes due to their larger diameters compared to SWNT's. SWNT's provide a platform to study the nanowire-nanotube interaction. High purity SWNT’s were synthesized by laser ablation and filled by a wet chemistry technique. Filling efficiency was investigated through electron microscopy.Raman spectroscopy studies showed a shift in the radial breathing mode frequencies indicating a decrease in diameter as the metal is encapsulated into the nanotube. We investigated the electronic and magnetic properties of individual and bundled nickel filled SWNT's using low temperature and magneto-resistance studies. The bundle of tubes exhibits semimetallic behavior with a T2 temperature dependence. A very small energy gap has been observed in the I-V characteristics of these samples which show step like features related to resonant tunneling phenomena. On the other hand individual tubes showed a metallic nature from 300K down to 140K and a weakly activated conduction at low temperatures, below 140K complimented by the non exponential I-V characteristics. This study can be used to develop an understanding of the metal-nanotube interaction and the overall effect of the filler material on the electronic and magnetic properties of SWNT for nanoelectronic and spintronic applications.

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Somnath Bhattacharyya, Somnath.Bhattacharyya@wits.ac.za, University of the Witwatersrand

Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

No

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

MSC

Primary authors

Mr Christopher Coleman (University of the Witwatersrand.) Dr Matthew Moodley (University of Kwazulu Natal) Ms Siphephile Ncube (University of the Witwatersrand.) Prof. Somnath Bhattacharyya (University of the Witwatersrand.)

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