Graham Sanborn '09 Researches Nanotube Field Electron Emitters
Graham Sanborn, an '09 chemistry major, recently completed and defended his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech under Dr. Jud Ready. Part of his thesis project dealt with developing carbon nanotube arrays to be used as field emission electron sources. They were launched into space for testing in December 2013.
Sanborn's work is described in the following article in Georgia Tech News, which includes this quote:
"The carbon nanotube arrays are part of ALICE, a CubeSat micro-satellite developed and built by the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. On a mission scheduled for Dec. 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ALICE will ride into space on an Atlas V rocket being used to launch a separate and much larger payload. Just 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters in size, ALICE will be part of an array of eight CubeSats – so named because they fit into small
modular launchers attached to the main satellite."
For the full article, click here: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2013/11/13/carbon-nanotube-field-electron-emitters-will-get-space-testing