Statistically Accurate Length Measurements of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
| Autor: | Urs Rauwald, Robert H. Hauge, Richard E. Smalley, W. E. Billups, Zhenning Gu, Feng Liang, Kirk J. Ziegler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Nanotube
Materials science Surface Properties Biomedical Engineering Large population Bioengineering Carbon nanotube Microscopy Atomic Force Measure (mathematics) law.invention Condensed Matter::Materials Science Length measurement law Electrochemistry Nanotechnology General Materials Science Particle Size Composite material Suspension (vehicle) Models Statistical Nanotubes Carbon Atomic force microscopy General Chemistry Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect Condensed Matter Physics Nanoparticles Aluminum Silicates Chloroform Mica Crystallization |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 7:2917-2921 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4880 |
| DOI: | 10.1166/jnn.2007.608 |
| Popis: | The ability to accurately measure the length of nanotubes is important to understanding nanotube growth and cutting processes. To date, there have been few methods available to obtain a statistically significant length measurement of any nanotube sample due to difficulties in obtaining a complete suspension of individual nanotubes and the tedious nature of measuring 1000+ nanotubes. Here we describe a relatively simple method that functionalizes single-walled carbon nanotubes to achieve a high propensity of individual nanotubes in chloroform as high as 92%. This suspension can be dispersed on mica substrates for AFM analysis. Nanotube lengths and heights can be determined using the Nanotube Length Analysis module of SIMAGIS yielding an accurate measure of length and height distribution of a large population of the nanotube sample. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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