Session H24: Focus Session: Chemical Modification of Nanotubes
8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Room: 326
Sponsoring Unit:
DCMP
Chair: Traian Dumitrica, University of Minnesota
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.H24.9
Abstract: H24.00009 : Temperature Programmed Desorption on Carbon Nanotube Bundles: a Computer Simulation study
10:00 AM–10:12 AM
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Authors:
Nayeli Zuniga
(Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Mercedes Calbi
(Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Jared Burde
(Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
We present a study of gas desorption on external surfaces of carbon nanotube bundles by means of a Kinetic Monte Carlo scheme. Starting with an initial coverage, we follow the amount of gas desorbed as the temperature increases for different values of initially occupied sites and initial temperature of the sample. We analyze the spectrum obtained in terms of the different binding energies of the adsorption sites. We also compare our results with some available experimental measurements on nanotube bundles and other nanostructures.
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