Nanotube boiler: Attogram copper evaporation driven by electric current, Joule heating, charge, and ionization

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-568

  Dong, Lixin X ^a   Tao, Xinyong Y ^b   Hamdi, Mustapha ^c   Zhang, Li ^d   Zhang, Xiaobin B ^e   Ferreira, Antoine ^c   Nelson, Bradley J ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Bourges   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Nanoboiler; Nanofluidics; Nanorobotic manipulation; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; MASS TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOBOILER; NANOFLUIDIC SYSTEMS; NANOROBOTIC MANIPULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BOILERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; EVAPORATION; HEATING; IONIZATION; JOULE HEATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOROBOTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 70349325830     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2026172     Document Type: Article

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