New forms of carbon in scientific instrumentation

作者：Blesa JMS^*

来源：Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 1999, 45: 25-29.

• diamond thin films
• carbon nanotubes
• instrumentation

Applications in the development of scientific instrumentation of some of the new forms of carbon are discussed in this work. A short revision is presented of the remaining technical problems of the applications of diamond thin films as active semiconductor elements; heat sinks; X-ray, UV and particle detectors; surface acoustic wave devices, etc. Some advances in the improvement of the surface quality and textural design of diamond films are also presented. On the other hand, the possible implications of carbon nanotubes in scientific instrumentation are also discussed mainly for the development of electronic nanodevices. Finally, other promising applications of carbon nanotubes as nanotips for atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopies, as well as nano host-structures for the synthesis of metallic carbide and nitride nanowires are also presented.

• 出版日期1999-6