University of California

Carbon Solutions, Inc.

Mikhail Efimovich Itkis

Robert Cort Haddon

Elena Borisova Bekyarova

Sandip Niyogi

Ramesh Palanisamy

Santanu Sarkar

Aiping Yu

Xiaojuan Tian

Feihu Wang

A method of preparation of focal plane arrays of infrared bolometers includes processing carbon nanotubes to increase a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR), followed by patterning to form focal plane arrays for infrared imaging.

Patterned focal plane arrays of carbon nanotube thin film bolometers with high temperature coefficient of resistance and improved detectivity for infrared imaging

A method of modifying a carbon material is disclosed. The method comprises: bonding a metal to a carbon material to form a metal-carbon complex comprising the metal and a benzene unit, wherein the carbon material comprises extended sp-bonded carbon atoms.

Organometallic chemistry of extended periodic II-electron systems

Systems and methods for the preparation of reinforcements for composite materials, whereby single- and/or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) may be electrophoretically deposited on fibrous substrates for the production of hybrid CNT/fibers. The fibers may include carbon fibers and woven carbon fabrics. The length, as well as the density and orientation of the deposited nanotubes on the fiber surfaces may also be tailored. The strength of the CNT/fiber-matrix interface formed in composites fabricated from the hybrid CNT/fibers may be adjusted by introduction of functional groups on the CNT/fiber surfaces, such as aminophenyl and carboxyphenyl groups.

Multiscale carbon nanotube-fiber reinforcements for composites

Systems and methods for designing and fabricating carbon nanotube based detectors are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more sensor elements can be formed from a film of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Bolometric properties of such detectors are disclosed. In some embodiments, the film can be thermally isolated in various ways, such as suspending the film and providing a vacuum environment, to provide the bolometric properties. Various properties of the SWNT films, such as resistivity-dependence on temperature and spectral response, can be obtained by adjusting the dimension and/or composition of the film. Examples of SWNT film formation, detector element fabrication, and array fabrication are disclosed.

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Mikhail Efimovich Itkis