Fujitsu Achieves Breakthrough with World’s First New Carbon Nanotube Composite

Fujitsu Achieves Breakthrough with World’s First New Carbon Nanotube Composite

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the successful formation of a new nano-scale carbon composite featuring a self-organizing structure(1), by combining carbon nanotubes and graphene(2) which are both nano-scale carbon structures. The newly-discovered composite structure is synthesized at a temperature of 510 °C, cooler than for conventional graphene formed at temperatures too high for electronic device applications, thereby paving the way for the feasible use of graphene as a material suitable for future practical use in electronic devices which are vulnerable to heat.

Carbon nanotubes have properties including high thermal conductivity and high current-density tolerance(3), while graphene is known for its high electron mobility. Carbon nanostructures combining these two materials hold the promise of creating new potential for material research and applications.

Details of this technology will be presented at the 34th Fullerene Nanotubes General Symposium to be held from March 3 to March 5 in Nagoya, Japan.

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