AVS 50th International Symposium
    Nanotubes Thursday Sessions

Session NT-ThM
Nanotube Growth and Processing

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 8:20 am, Room 317
Moderator: K. Matsumoto, AIST, Japan


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8:20am NT-ThM1
Analyses of Early Stages of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth
Y. Hayashi, K. Ueda, Y. Watanabe, S. Nishino, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
8:40am NT-ThM2
Iron-carbide Cluster Thermal Dynamics for Catalysed Carbon Nanotube Growth
F. Ding, K. Bolton, A. Rosen, Goteborg/Chalmers University, Sweden
9:00am NT-ThM3 Invited Paper
Growth & Control Mechanisms for Directed Assembly of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers: Fundamental Studies and Nanotech. Applications
D.H. Lowndes, V.I. Merkulov, ORNL, A.V. Melechko, ORNL, U. Tennessee, M.A. Guillorn, ORNL, M.L. Simpson, ORNL, U. Tennessee, H. Cui, ORNL, J. Liu, Duke U., J.B.O. Caughman, M.J. Doktycz, T.E. McKnight, ORNL, L. Zhang, X. Yang, ORNL, U. Tennessee, D.K. Hensley, ORNL
9:40am NT-ThM5
Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Array by Radio-frequency Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Field Emission Application
J. Wang, M. Zhu, R.A. Outlaw, X. Zhao, N.D. Theodore, D. Manos, B.C. Holloway, The College of William and Mary, V.P. Mammana, International Technology Center
10:00am NT-ThM6
Magnetic Entrapment of Carbon Nanotubes for the Fabrication of Electrically Conductive Bridging Structures
D.P. Long, J.L. Lazorcik, R. Shashidhar, Naval Research Laboratory
10:20am NT-ThM7 Invited Paper
Novel Approaches to Developing Carbon Nanotube Based Polymer Composites
N. Raravikar, G. Viswanathan, N. Chakrapani, C.Y. Ryu, P.M. Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
11:00am NT-ThM9
Filling and Chemical Modification of Carbon Nanotubes
N. Naguib, H. Ye, Y. Gogotsi, Drexel University
11:20am NT-ThM10
Polyatomic-Ion Beam Induced Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube-Polystyrene Composites
Y. Hu, S.B. Sinnott, University of Florida
11:40am NT-ThM11
AC Electrical Transport Behavior of Epoxy Matrix/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites
L. Valentini, D. Puglia, I. Armentano, J.M. Kenny, University of Perugia, Italy, S. Santucci, University of L'Aquila, Italy