NER: Conducting Polymer Nanocontainers and Conducting Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Junctions

提案编号：0403130参考译文：AkronPrincial University：Dai，Liming TITLE：NER：导电聚合物纳米容器和导电聚合物-碳纳米管结摘要：纳米科学和纳米技术的最新发展可以通过使晶体管小型化和开发新的集成方法来彻底改变计算机和电子设备。这项建议旨在对合成导电聚合物纳米结构及其与定向碳纳米管的连接进行可行性研究。这项拟议的研究源于我们对导电聚合物和定向碳纳米管的纳米/微制造的长期兴趣。主要的方法包括使用定向碳纳米管尖端产生的纳米气泡作为模板来电沉积导电聚合物，从而产生新型导电聚合物纳米结构(例如聚合物纳米管)和导电聚合物-碳纳米管结。例如，通过在排列的碳纳米管尖上顺序电沉积不同的导电聚合物纳米结构来形成新颖的多金属-半导体或半导体-半导体结，以及通过导电聚合物组分的电化学和/或化学掺杂来形成新颖的可开关结。与为基本了解导电聚合物纳米结构及其与碳纳米管的连接而建议的多尺度建模和模拟工作相结合，建议的研究结果可能为制造新型集成电路和电子器件开辟新的可能性，例如通过三维集成和/或通过化学诱导的开关存储器件。此外，还将展示导电聚合物纳米结构在传感和控制释放方面的应用。

PROPOSAL NO: 0403130INSTITUTION: University of AkronPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dai , LimingTITLE: NER: Conducting polymer nanocontainers and conducting polymer-carbon nanotube junctionsAbtsract:The recent development of nanoscience and nanotechnology could revolutionize computers and electronics by miniaturizing transistors and developing novel integration methods. This proposal aims at performing a feasibility study on the synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures and their junctions with aligned carbon nanotubes. The proposed research stemmed from our long-term interest in nano-/micro-fabrication of conducting polymers and aligned carbon nanotubes. The main approach involves the use of nanobubbles generated on aligned carbon nanotube tips as the template for electrodeposition of conducting polymers, leading to the generation of novel conducting polymer nanostructures (e.g. polymer nanotubes) and conducting polymer-carbon nanotube junctions. Examples include the formation of novel multiple metal-semiconductor or semiconductor-semiconductor junctions by sequential electrodeposition of different conducting polymer nanostructures on the aligned carbon nanotube tips and novel switchable junctions by electrochemical and/or chemical doping of the conducting polymer components. In conjunction with the proposed multi-scale modeling and simulation efforts for fundamental understanding of the conducting polymer nanostructures and their junctions with carbon nanotubes, results from the proposed studies could open up new possibilities for fabricating novel integrated circuits and electronics, for example, through 3-dimensional integration and/or by chemically-induced switching memory devices. In addition, the use of conducting polymer nanostructures for sensing and controlled release applications will also be demonstrated.