Effect of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation on multi-walled carbon nanotubes film

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) film have been analyzed by Raman spectroscopy to clarify the effect of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser heating. The MWCNTs film surface was flashed with the fundamental harmonic (λ = 1064 nm) or the second harmonic (λ = 532 nm) of a single pulse of Nd:YAG laser in the air. The dynamics of pulsed nanosecond laser heating process was simulated by the solution of the one-dimensional heat conduction equation. At the laser fluence of 500 mJ/cm2 with Nd:YAG laser (λ = 1064 nm), the surface reached the maximum temperature 1395 °C at 12 ns. Moreover, the Raman spectroscopy of MWCNTs films before and after irradiation were measured. The intensity of the two characteristic Raman shifts ID (defect-mode) and IG (graphite-mode) was measured by the Raman spectroscopy. The maximum surface temperature was calculated and compared with the IG/ID ratio of MWCNTs film. The graphitization occurred on the sample after irradiation.