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dc.contributor.advisorFrancesco Stellacci.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMascaro, Mark Danielen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-16T19:47:14Z
dc.date.available2009-03-16T19:47:14Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44817
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2007.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe room-temperature electronic conductivity and temperature dependence of conductivity were measured for samples of carbon nanotubes of three types: pristine; functionalized with a nitrobenzene covalent functionalization, which are expected to display poor electronic conductivity; and functionalized with a carbene covalent functionalization, which are expected to display pristine-like conductivity. Measurements were taken via four-point probe measurement across palladium contacts on a silicon surface coated with a distribution of nanotubes. Room-temperature measurements indicate that carbene-functionalized tubes do exhibit significantly greater conductivity than nitrobenzene-functionalized tubes, but also significantly less than pristine tubes. Statistically different distributions of resistances observed in similarly prepared samples indicate that this measurement technique is strongly affected by uncontrollable and so far uncharacterizable parameters of the employed sample preparation technique. Measurements at varying temperature indicate the expected linear relationship of resistance and temperature is dominated in pristine and carbene samples by a effect, possibly contamination-related, which significantly and permanently increases the resistance of samples after cycling to high temperatures, and which occurs repeatedly with additional cycling. Carbene-functionalized samples were observed to exhibit similar temperature behavior to pristine samples, while nitrobenzene-functionalized samples displayed erratic, unpredictable behavior.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Mark Daniel Mascaro.en_US
dc.format.extent59 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMaterials Science and Engineering.en_US
dc.titleTemperature effects on the electronic conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc301547769en_US


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