Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror

Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mir...

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Main Authors:	Saleh, Tanveer, Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani, Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan, Dahmardeh, Masoud, Foell, Charles Alden, Nojeh, Alireza, Takahata, Kenichi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Institute of Physics 2012
Subjects:	TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals
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spelling	iium-256482014-04-11T07:54:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/ Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mirror-like reflection from the processed area with 10%–15% reflectivity, a level higher than typical reflectivity of pure forests by over two orders of magnitude, for a wide range of the spectrum (570–1100 nm). Patterning of micro mirrors in the forest is demonstrated to show its potential application for producing monolithically integrated reflector-absorber arrays in the material American Institute of Physics 2012-08-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/1/ApplPhysLett_Final_published_paper.pdf Saleh, Tanveer and Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani and Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan and Dahmardeh, Masoud and Foell, Charles Alden and Nojeh, Alireza and Takahata, Kenichi (2012) Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror. Applied Physics Letter, 101 (6). 061913-1. ISSN 1077-3118 (O), 0003-6951 (P) http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v101/i6/p061913_s1?isAuthorized=no 10.1063/1.4744429
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spellingShingle	TN799.5 Nonmetallic minerals Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
description	Carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are known to be among the darkest materials on earth. They can absorb the entire visible range of electromagnetic wave more efficiently than any other known black material. We have attempted controlled mechanical processing of the CNTs and, surprisingly, observed mirror-like reflection from the processed area with 10%–15% reflectivity, a level higher than typical reflectivity of pure forests by over two orders of magnitude, for a wide range of the spectrum (570–1100 nm). Patterning of micro mirrors in the forest is demonstrated to show its potential application for producing monolithically integrated reflector-absorber arrays in the material
format	Article
author	Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi
author_facet	Saleh, Tanveer Moghaddam, Mehran Vahdani Mohamed Ali, Muhamed Sultan Dahmardeh, Masoud Foell, Charles Alden Nojeh, Alireza Takahata, Kenichi
author_sort	Saleh, Tanveer
title	Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
title_short	Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
title_full	Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
title_fullStr	Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
title_full_unstemmed	Transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
title_sort	transforming carbon nanotube forest from darkest absorber to reflective mirror
publisher	American Institute of Physics
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25648/1/ApplPhysLett_Final_published_paper.pdf
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