Electromagnetic resonance analysis of asymmetric carbon nanotube dimers for sensing applications
- 26 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 31 (42), 425501
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aba058
Abstract
In this work, we study the electromagnetic scattering characteristics of asymmetric carbon nanotube (CNT) dimers with rigorous computational experiments. We show that the configurational asymmetry in the CNT dimer assembly creates a unique field distribution in the vicinity of the dimer, which in turn generates two distinct resonances representing the bonding and anti-bonding modes. The sensitivity of these two modes towards CNT lengths, orientations, and shapes, is studied. We also show the ability of asymmetric CNT dimer for the contactless detection of nanoparticles (NP). The presence of a NP in the vicinity of the CNT dimer perturbs the dimer's field distribution and causes unequal shifts in the bonding and anti-bonding resonances depending on the NP location, material, size and shape. By studying the differences in these resonance shifts, we show that the relative location and orientation of the NP can be reconstructed. The computational experiments performed in this work have the potential to guide the use of asymmetric CNT dimers for novel sensing applications.Keywords
Funding Information
- Material Measurement Laboratory (70NANB15H285)
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