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In this paper, we report that ruthenium is an active and efficient catalyst for growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for the first time. High density random and horizontally superlong well-oriented SWNTs on substrate can be fabricated via CH4 or EtOH as carbon source under suitable conditions. Scanning and transition electron microscopy investigations, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy measurements show the tubular structure, the high crystallinity, and the properties of the grown nanotubes. The results show that the SWNTs from ruthenium have better structural uniformity with less defects and provides an alternative catalyst for SWNTs growth. The successful growth of SWNTs by Ru catalyst provides new experimental information for understanding the growth mechanism of SWNTs, which may be helpful for their controllable synthesis. 相似文献
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Arun Tej Mallajosyula S. Sundar Kumar Iyer Baquer Mazhari 《Current Applied Physics》2013,13(4):677-683
P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction devices incorporating SWNTs, which are predominantly metallic in character, have been analyzed using impedance spectroscopy to understand the effect of SWNTs on their charge carrier transport properties. SWNTs reduce the effective lifetime of injected charge carriers. Frequency dependence of capacitance and conductance of P3HT:PCBM devices show monotonic variations without any clear peak positions. Simulations of the complex admittance of the P3HT:PCBM devices under trap free space charge limited current within the framework of Scher–Montrol theory are used to qualitatively show that such characteristics are a signature of charge transport which is highly dispersive in nature. The position of peak τpeak in the imaginary part of impedance Im(Z), which is essentially same as the first transition frequency of Cole–Cole plot, has a direct relation with the effective dc mobility of charge carriers which varies with dispersion parameters. Using the dc mobility values and the voltage variation of peak frequency of Im(Z), the ratio of τdc to τpeak has been calculated. The magnitude of this ratio is indicative of the degree of dispersiveness in transport. It has been shown that, SWNTs at low concentrations tend to reduce the dispersiveness in charge transport. 相似文献
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The motion and equilibrium distribution of water molecules adsorbed inside neutral and negatively charged singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been studied using molecular dynamics simulations (MDSs) at room temperature based on CHARMM (Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics) potential parameters. We find that water molecules have a conspicuous electropism phenomenon and regular tubule patterns inside and outside the charged tube wall. The analyses of the motion behaviour of water molecules in the radial and axial directions show that by charging the SWNT, the adsorption efficiency is greatly enhanced, and the electric field produced by the charged SWNTs prevents water molecules from flowing out of the nanotube. However, water molecules can travel through the neutral SWNT in a fluctuating manner. This indicates that by electrically charging and uncharging the SWNTs, one can control the adsorption and transport behaviour of polar molecules in SWNTs for using as a stable storage medium or long transport channels. The transport velocity can be tailored by changing the charge on the SWNTs, which may have a further application as modulatable transport channels. 相似文献
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Xiaoying Yang Zhuohan Zhang Zunfeng Liu Yanfeng Ma Rongcun Yang Yongsheng Chen 《Journal of nanoparticle research》2008,10(5):815-822
Multi-functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were prepared and applied as tumor cell targeting biological transporters.
A positive charge was introduced on SWNTs to get high loading efficiency of fluorescein (FAM) labeled short double strands
DNA (20 base pairs). The SWNTs were encapsulated with the folic acid modified phospholipids for active targeting into tumor
cell. The tumor cell-targeting properties of these multi-functionalized SWNTs were investigated by active targeting into mouse
ovarian surface epithelial cells. The experimental results show that these multi-functionalized SWNTs have good tumor cell
targeting property. 相似文献
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Wang F Sfeir MY Huang L Huang XM Wu Y Kim J Hone J O'Brien S Brus LE Heinz TF 《Physical review letters》2006,96(16):167401
The electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are altered by intertube coupling whenever bundles are formed. These effects are examined experimentally by applying Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy to probe the optical transitions of given individual SWNTs in their isolated and bundled forms. The transition energies of SWNTs are observed to undergo redshifts of tens of meVs upon bundling with other SWNTs. These intertube coupling effects can be understood as arising from the mutual dielectric screening of SWNTs in a bundle. 相似文献
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Mingwen Zhao Yueyuan Xia Xiangdong Liu Zhenyu Tan Boda Huang Feng Li Yanju Ji Chen Song 《Physics letters. A》2005,340(5-6):434-439
We carry out first-principles calculations to explore the potential energy profiles of Li confined inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and the subsequent condensation processes. We found that Li has high mobility around tube axis with the energy barrier less than 47 meV, whereas the diffusion barrier along radial direction is as higher as 380 meV. This characterizes the condensation of Li atoms when placed randomly into SWNTs, resulting in nanowires with single or multi-shelled morphologies depending on the diameter of SWNTs. The charge transfer from Li nanowires to SWNTs is significant, indicating stronger couplings between them. 相似文献
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S.H. Jhang S.W. Lee D.S. Lee H.Y. Yu U. Dettlaff E.E.B. Campbell S. Roth Y.W. Park 《Current Applied Physics》2006,6(6):987
The switching of resistance between two discrete values, known as random telegraph noise (RTN), was observed in individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and C60-filled SWNTs (the so-called peapods). The RTN has been studied as a function of bias-voltage and gate-voltage as well as temperature. By analyzing the features of the RTN, we identify three different types of RTN existing in the SWNT related systems. While the RTN can be generated by the various charge traps in the vicinity of the SWNTs, the RTN for metallic SWNTs is mainly due to reversible defect motions between two metastable states, activated by inelastic scattering with ballistic electrons. On the other hand, the noise for peapods can be attributed to the motion of C60 molecules in hollow space of SWNTs. 相似文献
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Manzoni C Gambetta A Menna E Meneghetti M Lanzani G Cerullo G 《Physical review letters》2005,94(20):207401
We study exciton (EX) dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) included in polymethylmethacrylate by two-color pump-probe experiments with unprecedented temporal resolution. In the semiconducting SWNTs, we resolve the intersubband energy relaxation from the EX2 to the EX1 transition and find time constants of about 40 fs. The observation of a photoinduced absorption band strictly correlated to the photobleaching of the EX1 transition supports the excitonic model for primary excitations in SWNTs. We also detect in the time domain coherent oscillations due to the radial breathing modes at approximately 250 cm(-1). 相似文献
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In this work, the influence factors, namely chirality, temperature, radius and surface chemical modification, of the interaction energy for polyethylene (PE) molecule encapsulated into single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) had been investigated by molecular mechanics (MM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The results showed that all these factors would influence the interaction energy between PE and SWNTs. The interaction energy between PE molecule and the armchair SWNTs is largest among eight kinds of chiral SWNTs. The interaction energy decreases with the increase of temperature or the SWNT radius. The methyl, phenyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, -F, and amino groups, have been introduced onto the surface of the SWNTs by the simulation software and the influence of SWNT chemical modification has also been investigated. The interaction energy between PE and chemically modified SWNTs is larger than that between PE and pristine SWNTs, and increases with increasing the concentration of the modified groups monotonously. In addition, the group electronegativity and van der Waals force will affect the interaction energy between PE and chemically modified SWNTs greatly, which can be attributed to the electronic structures of the chemically modified groups. This study can provide some useful suggestions for the composite material design and drug transport. 相似文献
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The interaction of C60 with single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and graphite is studied experimentally by thermal desorption spectroscopy and theoretically by molecular-mechanics and molecular-dynamics calculations. The van der Waals parameters and force field for C60-graphene and C60-SWNT interactions are derived from the low-coverage C60 binding energy to the graphite surface. We use these to compare the efficiency of different mechanisms by which C60 can be encapsulated into SWNTs. 相似文献
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The image contrast enhancement in scanning electron microscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on SiO2 surfaces was experimentally investigated using a field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) using a wide range of primary electron (PE) voltages. SWNT images of different contrasts were obtained at different PE voltages. Image contrast enhancement of SWNTs was investigated by charging SiO2 surfaces at different PE voltages. The phenomena are ascribed to the surface potential difference and charge injection between SWNTs and SiO2 substrates induced by the electron-beam irradiation. 相似文献
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Direct transition of potential of water droplets to electric energy using aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes
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In this paper, we report that an electromotive force (EMF)
can be induced in a rope of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWNTs) when water droplets fall on this rope. The magnitude of this
EMF depends sensitively on the slant angle of the SWNTs. Most
interestingly, both the magnitude and the direction of the induced
EFM can be modulated by applying a current to the SWNTs. The
concepts of electrical slip and no-slip are proposed and can be
quantitatively described by ``electrical slip resistance'. This
kind of generator does not need any magnet, rotor, {etc} and shows
quite a different operating mechanism and design compared with a
conventional large scale hydroelectric power generator. 相似文献
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We investigate the viscoelastic properties of an associating rigid rod network: aqueous suspensions of surfactant stabilized single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The SWNT suspensions exhibit a rigidity percolation transition with an onset of solidlike elasticity at a volume fraction of 0.0026; the percolation exponent is 2.3+/-0.1. At large strain, the solidlike samples show volume fraction dependent yielding. We develop a simple model to understand these rheological responses and show that the shear dependent stresses can be scaled onto a single master curve to obtain an internanotube interaction energy per bond approximately 40k(B)T. Our experimental observations suggest SWNTs in suspension form interconnected networks with bonds that freely rotate and resist stretching. Suspension elasticity originates from bonds between SWNTs rather than from the stiffness or stretching of individual SWNTs. 相似文献
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We have measured the chemical potential and capacitance in a disordered organic semiconductor by electric force microscopy, following the electric field and interfacial charge density microscopically as the semiconductor undergoes a transition from Ohmic to space-charge limited conduction. Electric field and charge density at the metal-organic interface are inferred from the chemical potential and current. The charge density at this interface increases with electric field much faster than is predicted by the standard diffusion-limited thermionic emission theories. 相似文献
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Using information obtained from X-ray scattering data, a model for the charge density in the transition metals is constructed. In this model the charge density is given by the sum of the charges situated at the ionic and bond centre sites. Within this framework, expressions for the second order elastic constants and the phonon frequencies in the cubic transition metals are obtained. These quantities have been calculated with and without the bond charge contributions for iron. The comparison with the experimental results shows that the introduction of bond charges, and hence angularity in the force-fields, in iron leads to distinctly better agreement with experiment. From a study of the elastic constants of the other b.c.c. transition metals some observations as to the nature of the angular force fields are made. 相似文献
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We study the effect of the hydrostatic pressure on the phonons in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in a magnetic field. We calculate the magnetic moments of the phonons using a functional integral technique, and find that the phonons in SWNTs undergo a pressure-induced phase transition from the paramagnetic phase to the diamagnetic phase under hydrostatic pressure 2 GPa. We explain the mechanism of generating this phase transition. 相似文献
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A controversial issue of the driving force for the phase transition of the one-dimensional (1D) metallic In wires on Si(111) is studied by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The energy gap opening and the longitudinal charge ordering through charge transfer at the Fermi level are unambiguously observed. The vacancy defects induce a local charge ordering decoupled from a lattice distortion above T(c), and pin the phase of charge order below T(c). All these results below and above T(c) including the detailed features such as local fluctuations strongly support the 1D charge-density-wave mechanism for the phase transition. 相似文献
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Hydrogen storage in sonicated carbon materials 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
M. Hirscher M. Becher M. Haluska U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska A. Quintel G.S. Duesberg Y.-M. Choi P. Downes M. Hulman S. Roth I. Stepanek P. Bernier 《Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing》2001,72(2):129-132
The hydrogen storage in purified single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), graphite and diamond powder was investigated at room
temperature and ambient pressure. The samples were sonicated in 5 M HNO3 for various periods of time using an ultrasonic probe of the alloy Ti-6Al-4V. The goal of this treatment was to open the
carbon nanotubes. The maximum value of overall hydrogen storage was found to be 1.5 wt %, as determined by thermal desorption
spectroscopy. The storage capacity increases with sonication time. The sonication treatment introduces particles of the Ti
alloy into the samples, as shown by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and chemical analysis. All of the
hydrogen uptake can be explained by the assumption that the hydrogen is only stored in the Ti-alloy particles. The presence
of Ti-alloy particles does not allow the determination of whether a small amount of hydrogen possibly is stored in the SWNTs
themselves, and the fraction of nanotubes opened by the sonication treatment is unknown.
Received: 18 December 2000 / Accepted: 18 December 2000 / Published online: 9 February 2001 相似文献
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We studied the femtosecond dynamics of photoexcitations in films containing semiconducting and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), using various pump-probe wavelengths and intensities. We found that confined excitons and charge carriers with subpicosecond dynamics dominate the ultrafast response in semiconducting and metallic SWNTs, respectively. Surprisingly, we also found from the exciton excited state absorption bands and multiphoton absorption resonances in the semiconducting nanotubes that transitions between subbands are allowed; this unravels the important role of electron-electron interaction in SWNT optics. 相似文献