Nanoscale pasta: Toward nanoscale electronics

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Transmission electron microscope micrograph of a singly wound coiled carbon nanofiber synthesized through thermal chemical vapor deposition at high In concentration (InFe ratio 3). Credit: UCSD Prab Bandaru
Transmission electron microscope micrograph of a singly wound, coiled carbon nanofiber synthesized through thermal chemical vapor deposition at high In concentration (In/Fe ratio > 3). Credit: UCSD / Prab Bandaru

Pasta tastes like pasta – with or without a spiral. But when you jump to the nanoscale, everything changes: carbon nanotubes and nanofibers that look like nanoscale spiral pasta have completely different electronic properties than their non-spiraling cousins. Engineers at UC San Diego, and Clemson University are studying these differences in the hopes of creating new kinds of components for nanoscale electronics.


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