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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2007 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 1442-1445
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1442.1445
A Nano-Tuneable Pressure Switch System Design Based on Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
S.S. Hosseini Yazdi and M. Mousavi Mashadi

Abstract: Under hydrostatic pressure, the cross section of a Single Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWNT) reduces uniformly and proportionally to the applied pressure until it reaches to SWNT`s first transition pressure. In addition, SWNT kinks, becomes unstable and collapses on a ground plane due to bending loads. This phenomenon is a function of SWNT diameter. Bending loads can be generated by inducing a voltage between SWNT and a conductive ground plane. Therefore, by inducing a certain Pull-in voltage relative to a certain diameter (pressure), SWNT does not collapse until the applied pressure reaches to a certain amount which causes a certain SWNT diameter reduction. In this case, because of SWNT collapse on the ground plane, there will be a connection between them closing an electric circuit. In this study, these characteristics are employed to introduce a tuneable pressure switch. This type of pressure switch, in comparison to previous presented one, uses only one SWNT for switching, is able to sense pressure with higher resolution and has a much simpler system.

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S.S. Hosseini Yazdi and M. Mousavi Mashadi, 2007. A Nano-Tuneable Pressure Switch System Design Based on Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Applied Sciences, 7: 1442-1445.

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