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Abstract

We performed two different types of composites using single wall carbon
nanotubes: 1) transparent electrodes, using a thin network of carbon
nanotubes as electrode on which we can grow a conducting polymer
electrochemically on it, polyaniline or polypirrole, CNT-CP; the
obtained thin films are both transparent (transmission coefficient T
from 70% to 95%) and electrically conducting. The samples were observed
by AFM, optical and Raman spectroscopy, room temperature electrical
conductivity were performed. 2) CNT with a metal, copper in our case
(CNT-Cu), as a material with high electrical and thermal conductivity
and low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), to be used in
electronic packaging. We observed the samples by AFM and SEM. (c) 2006
WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.