Carbon nanotubes for adhesive and electronic applications

For more than a decade carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are accepted as a very promising material for many applications, including chemical sensors, transistors, and novel electrodes for a variety of molecular devices. The idea, that CNTs might be integrated with conventional microstructures to obtain new types of nanoscale devices, is fascinating, however, it requires an ability to synthesize, isolate, manipulate and connect individual nanotubes at defined positions.
The project is aimed at in-place growth of separated well distributed carbon nanotubes, which can be used for CNT-based devices (electrodes, transistors) or for adhesive layers. First, one has to think how to fix a carbon nanotube at a certain place of the microchip. This can be achieved by fixing or nanopositioning a catalytic particle, serving as a nucleation center to a carbon nanotube. Once this is achieved, an in-place growth of CNT-based interconnections or free-standing CNTs can be performed with following investigation of physico-mechanical properties and further optimization.

Further information on the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT): http://www.imt.kit.edu/english/index.php

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Unternehmen

Thesius Inspiration

Bereich/Abteilung

Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)

Abschlussart

Bachelorarbeit

Branche

Elektrotechnik

Schlagwörter

Verbundwerkstoffe carbon nanotubes (CNTs) Chemie Materialwissenschaften Maschinenbau

Anforderungen

Lab skills, AFM, ability to work independently, responsibility;
Field of study: Mechanical engineering, material science, chemistry

Zusatzinformationen

Eintrittstermin: by appointment

Bewerbung bis: 28.02.2015

Ansprechpartner/in für fachliche Fragen:

Fachliche Auskünfte erteilt Ihnen gerne Dr. Julia Syurik, IMT, phone: +49 721 608-24062 (e-mail: julia.syurik@kit.edu)

Bewerbung:

Bitte senden Sie Ihre Bewerbung online unter Angabe der Stellenausschreibungsnummer IMT 38-14 an Frau Berger, Berufliche Ausbildung, Telefon 0721 608-25184.

Bei entsprechender Eignung werden schwerbehinderte Bewerber/innen bevorzugt berücksichtigt.

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie 01.09.2014