AMAC has initiated R&D activities in the area of nanotechnology. AMAC’s interests are focused on fabrication techniques of special nanotubes and nanotechnology applications such as electron source, etc.

Nanotube fabrications

• Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
• High quality single-walled carbon nanotubes by laser ablation

Nanotube Applications

• Multi-wall Carbon nanotube based field emission electron source -- For free electron laser (FEL), X-ray imaging, charge particle instruments
• High quality single-wall nanotube as nanoelectronic materials -- IT components, analytical instruments probe
• Developments of nanotube based composite materials -- Nanotube-polymer composite materials, heat sink materials
• Investigation of hydrogen storage in nanotubes as H2 cell with MWNT and SWNT