Structural,mechanical, and electrical properties of carbon nanoparticles synthesized from diesel |
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Authors: | Mohammad Abul Hossain Shahidul Islam Farzana A. Chowdhury Tariq G. Mohiuddin Koji Uchida Takahiro Tamura |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh;2. Experimental Physics Division, Atomic Energy Center, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh;3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman;4. College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan |
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Abstract: | We studied the elemental analysis, structural morphology, mechanical, and electrical properties of carbon nanoparticles synthesized from diesel. The spherical carbon particle size in the range of about 10 to 80 nm in diameter was observed in scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies that were identified by Atomic force microscopy (AFM) study as an aggregation of carbon particles of average size 2.5 nm. The surface rms of carbon nanoparticle thin film (CNTF) was measured directly by AFM and found 0.22 nm. The Derjaguin–Muller–Toporov (DMT) elastic modulus of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) was measured by PeakForce QNM mode of AFM. The minimum and maximum elastic modulus was measured of 0.40 GPa and 43.89 GPa, respectively. The resistivity, conductivity, magneto resistance, mobility, and average Hall co-efficient were measured by “Ecopia Hall-effect measurement system” by four-point Van der Pauw approach at ambient condition. We demonstrated I–V characteristic at the Indium/CNTF thin film interface, which is accompanied by rectifying behavior. |
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Keywords: | carbon nanoparticles structural morphology elastic modulus electrical properties rectifier |
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