Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes

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Buckypaper: SEM image demonstrates a pseudo 2-D network of carbon nanotubes deposited like paper fibers in a thin, sparse sheet. The nanotubes here have an average length 820 nm and make a continuous, electrically conducting network overall in spite of obvious gaps. On a macroscale this material would be nearly transparent. Color added for clarity

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Chastek/Talbott NIST

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