Highlights
Short-length Nanostructured Carbons: Cups, Rings and Tubes
NSF Grant Number: EEC-0425826
PI(s): Y. Jung and L. Menon
Institutions: Northeastern University
Objective: The goals of the research were to fabricate novel graphitic nanostructures having significantly smaller length/diameter (L/D) aspect ratio compared to conventional carbon nanotubes.
Long-Lived, Highly Soluble Pentacene Derivatives for Organic Molecular Electronics
NSF Grant Number: EEC-0425826
PI(s): G. Miller, M. Dokmeci, N. McGruer
Student and Post-doctoral Researchers: I. Kaur, R. Kopreski, W. Jia, S. Selvarasah
Institutions: University of New Hampshire & Northeastern University
Objective: The goals of the research were to prepare soluble, persistent pentacene derivatives that resist photo-oxidation.
Hydrogenated SWNTs for Improved Processing of SWNTs
NSF Grant Number: EEC-0425826
PI(s): G. Miller, D. Tomanek
Student and Post-doctoral Researchers: J. Kintigh, S. Berber
Institutions: University of New Hampshire & MSU
Objective: The goals of the research were to exploit new polyamine chemistries developed at CHN for SWNT hydrogenation leading to highly dispersed, highly processable solutions of SWNTs.
A Method for the Synthesis of Uniform Fullerene Nanotubes
NSF Grant Number: EEC-0425826
PI(s): G. Miller
Student and Post-doctoral Researchers: K. Rauwerdink, J. Briggs
Institutions: University of New Hampshire
Objective:The goals of the research were to prepare uniform batches of [60]fullerene nanotubes with sub-500 nm outside diameters.
Surface Science Studies of Temperature Stable Templates
NSF Grant Number: EEC-0425826
PI(s): C. Barry, J. Whitten
Student and Post-doctoral Researchers: M. Atre, S. Sengupta
Institutions: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Objective: The goals of this research are to investigate the thermal stability and performance of functionalized surfaces used by CHN as templates.