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Dynamic Optical Study of Flexible Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Paper Using Terahertz Spectroscopy

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The photon energy of terahertz waves is of the order of a few milli-electronvolts and is much lower than the thermal energy of ~ 26 meV at room temperature. However, the fast and sensitive detection of terahertz waves is notoriously difficult at ambient conditions. Moreover, the material flexibility is also very important within existing terahertz technologies for development of wearable and portable terahertz devices. We experimentally demonstrate that multiwall carbon nanotube flexible paper (MWCNT-FP) is one of the potential candidates to be used for terahertz detectors at room temperature. For the first time, MWCNT-FP sample is measured over a wide frequency band ranging from 0.02 to 4.5 THz at room temperature as compared to previously reported materials that demonstrate prominent frequency response between 0.2 and 2.5 THz. The MWCNT-FP sample delivered wide band absorption between 0.02 and 4.0 THz. Over the transmission, a high absorption peak is detected at 1.0 THz. The optical density spectrum is observed around 1.25 and 3.37 THz in the low-frequency regime and high-frequency regime, respectively. The present results suggest the potential application of MWCNT-FP as a wearable THz detector.

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The authors are grateful to the Director, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory for his continuous inspiration and support. The Author Dr. SN acknowledges CSIR HRDG, New Delhi, India, for the financial support provided by with Reference No. HRDG/CSIR-Nehru PDF/EN, ES&PS/EMR-1/01/2019 dated 29/08/2019. Author MJ acknowledges SERB, New Delhi, India, for the financial support provided with Reference No. SB/EMEQ-022/2014-2019.

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  1. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Subhash Nimanpure, Animesh Pandey, Guruvandra Singh, Sudhir Husale, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Rina Sharma & Mukesh Jewariya

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India

    Animesh Pandey, Guruvandra Singh, Sudhir Husale, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Rina Sharma & Mukesh Jewariya

  3. Department of Physics, NIMS University, Jaipur, 303121, India

    Satish Teotia

  4. Department of Physics, Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Hyderabad, 500043, India

    Sabyasachi Banerjee & Dibakar Roychowdhury

  5. School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 44919, South Korea

    Manoj Kumar

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Nimanpure, S., Pandey, A., Singh, G. et al. Dynamic Optical Study of Flexible Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Paper Using Terahertz Spectroscopy. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 5625–5631 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-09077-2

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