Carbon Nano-Tubes (CNTs) posses extraordinary electrical conductivity, heat conductivity, mechanical and chemical properties.
I propose in this paper the usage of VACNTs as the sensor substrate, or in the case of hybrid detectors, as a pixelated interposer between the ASIC and the active sensor. The usage of VACNT would not only be limited to MAPS detectors but could also be applied to hybrid-pixel detectors. Accurate modelling of the interaction in the VACNTs (with adequate experimental verification) is required to quantify their potential effect on the DQE of a detector.