Professor Otto Z. Zhou
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Curriculum
of Applied and Materials Science,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
4 PM, Thursday, Feb. 19, 1998
Room 101, Olin Physical Laboratory
Carbon nanotubes are novel 1-D materials composed of graphene sheets having diameters of 1-100 nm and large aspect ratios. They are expected to have elastic moduli in the range of 1 TPa and ductility of 10-30%. Applications in the areas of field emission, energy storage, and novel nano-devices have been proposed. This talk will give a brief summary of carbon nanotubes: how they can be fabricated, their structure, their basic properties, and some possible applications.