Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror

Saleh, Tanveer and Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani and Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan and Dahmardeh, Masoud and Foell, Charles Alden and Nojeh, Alireza and Takahata, Kenichi (2012) Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror. Applied Physics Letter, 101 (6). 061913-1. ISSN 1077-3118 (O), 0003-6951 (P)

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Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mirror-like reflection from the processed area with 10%–15% reflectivity, a level higher than typical reflectivity of pure forests by over two orders of magnitude, for a wide range of the spectrum (570–1100 nm). Patterning of micro mirrors in the forest is demonstrated to show its potential application for producing monolithically integrated reflector-absorber arrays in the material

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6808/25648
Uncontrolled Keywords:	carbon nanotubes, micromirrors, reflectivity
Subjects:	T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy > TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Tanveer Saleh CEng MIMechE
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2012 14:08
Last Modified:	11 Apr 2014 15:54
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/25648

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