Polymer decoration on carbon nanotubes via physical vapor deposition

The polymer decoration technique has been widely used to study the chain folding behavior of polymer single crystals. In this article, we demonstrate that this method can be successfully adopted to pattern a variety of polymers on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The resulting structure is a two-dimensional...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 23(2007), 16 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 8522-5
1. Verfasser: Li, Lingyu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Li, Bing, Yang, Guoliang, Li, Christopher Y
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Nanotubes, Carbon Polymers
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Zusammenfassung:The polymer decoration technique has been widely used to study the chain folding behavior of polymer single crystals. In this article, we demonstrate that this method can be successfully adopted to pattern a variety of polymers on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The resulting structure is a two-dimensional nanohybrid shish kebab (2D NHSK), wherein the CNT forms the shish and the polymer crystals form the kebabs. 2D NHSKs consisting of CNTs and polymers such as polyethylene, nylon 66, polyvinylidene fluoride and poly(L-lysine) have been achieved. Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy were used to study the nanoscale morphology of these hybrid materials. Relatively periodic decoration of polymers on both single-walled and multi-walled CNTs was observed. It is envisaged that this unique method offers a facile means to achieve patterned CNTs for nanodevice applications
Beschreibung:Date Completed 02.10.2007
Date Revised 24.07.2007
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827