Table of ContentsExamining Committee Membership ....................................................................................................... iiAuthor's Declaration .............................................................................................................................. iiiStatement of Contributions .................................................................................................................... ivAbstract .................................................................................................................................................. vRésumé ................................................................................................................................................. viiAcknowledgements ............................................................................................................................. viiiDedication ............................................................................................................................................. ixList of Figures ..................................................................................................................................... xivList of Tables ..................................................................................................................................... xxivList of Equations ............................................................................................................................... xxviList of Schemes ................................................................................................................................ xxviiList of Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................... xxviiiLand Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................... xxxiTribute to Nanotubes ........................................................................................................................ xxxiiChapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1: Background and Literature Review ............................................................................................ 3Primer on Carbon Nanotubes ................................................................................................ 3Fabricating Carbon Nanotubes ............................................................................................ 10Carbon Nanotube Defects .................................................................................................... 19Carbon Nanotube Electronic Properties .............................................................................. 21Carbon Nanotubes as Transistors ........................................................................................ 27Carbon Nanotube Sorting .................................................................................................... 33Carbon Nanotube Alignment ............................................................................................... 36Carbon Nanotube Alignment and Sorting ........................................................................... 41Alignment Relay Technique ....................................................................................................... 44Intermolecular Interactions with SWNTs ............................................................................ 44Substrate Binding ...................................................................