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Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Campus Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics (PhD)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Physics
Advisor 1
Yoke Khin Yap
Committee Member 1
Craig Friedrich
Committee Member 2
Miguel Levy
Committee Member 3
Ravindra Pandey
Abstract
Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) have been well known for their structural similarity to carbon nanotubes (CNTs), as well as for their superior mechanical properties. However, BNNTs are wide band gap semiconductors (band gap ~6eV), this hinders their applications in electronic devices. In this dissertation, different methodologies to functionalize the insulating BNNTs have been demonstrated and discussed, including metallic quantum dots (QDs-BNNTs), graphene (graphene-BNNTs), CNTs (CNT-BNNT). Furthermore, research effort on the exploration of fabricating gold quantum dots decorated BNNTs based one dimensional plasmonic devices will also be discussed.
Recommended Citation
Hao, Boyi, "FUNCTIONALIZED BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS", Campus Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2015.