Investigation of anisotropic reflectance from densified arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests (VACNTs)

Rana, Masud and Mohd Asyraf, M. R. and Saleh, Tanveer and Asan Gani, Abdul Muthalif (2016) Investigation of anisotropic reflectance from densified arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests (VACNTs). Chemical Physics Letters , 658. pp. 343-346. ISSN 0009-2614

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Abstract

VACNTs is commonly known as darkest absorber on earth owing to their highly inherent porosity. To reduce this porosity, in this letter, we introduce a simple process to densify VACNTs by soaking into water. Later on, the VACNTs was dried at ambient temperature, which made VACNTs more compacted due to their capillary action. Optical characterization of the densified CNT forest was carried out. It was observed that at a fixed incident angle 70� with P-polarized incident light, densified CNT forest shows enhanced reflectance with anisotropic behavior as compared to bare CNT forest.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6808/51602
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Vertically aligned CNTs; Porosity; Densification; Anisotropic reflectance
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
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:	12 Aug 2016 13:46
Last Modified:	29 Dec 2016 16:11
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/51602

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