Influence of AC Electric Field on Macroscopic Network of Carbon Nanotubes in Polystyrene

CVD‐grown multiwall carbon nanotubes are dispersed in styrene monomer. During the polymerization of styrene, an AC electric field is applied to induce the CNTs to align along the electric field line to form a macroscopic nanotube network in polystyrene matrix. The dielectrophoresis force and the electric field redistribution at the CNTs apexes are responsible for alignment of the CNTs as well as bonding between the CNTs. Parameters such as field strength and nanotube weight fraction are varied. The results indicate that the macroscopic CNTs alignment along electric field direction can be observed only if the AC voltage reaches or is higher than certain values, and the higher the electric field frequency is, the more uniformly the CNTs align along electric field direction. In addition, nanotube concentration also affects the alignment of CNTs. According to the results of this study, the CNTs will align into a developed network in polystyrene matrix under a proper combination of three parameters of the electric field voltage, frequency, and the CNTs concentration.     

Influence of Electric Field on Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Liquids

Production processes for carbon nanotubes commonly produce mixtures of solid morphologies that are mechanically entangled or that self‐associate into aggregates. The entangled or aggregated carbon nanotubes often need to be dispersed in corresponding material matrices in order to develop materials that have unique mechanical characteristics or transport properties. The most effective method for dispersion of carbon nanotubes is to prepare fluid suspensions of them in liquid media with applications of surfactant or/and ultrasonication. The authors propose an innovative dispersion method for carbon nanotubes by which an electric field is applied to suspensions of carbon nanotubes in liquids treated by surfactant and ultrasonication. Compared to dispersion without the electric field, the dispersion status of carbon nanotubes in liquid media is evidently improved with the electric field. The results indicate that the electric field conditions are effective for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in liquids and that complex effects of electric field, surfactant, and ultrasonication are beneficial for improvement of dispersion of carbon nanotubes.     

Flow Field Induced Steady Alignment of Oxidized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

The steady ordered micro-ribbons of oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were obtained through micro-aperture PTFE membrane by vacuum filtration. After treatment by mixture of concentrated nitric acid and sulfuric acid, the surface functional groups modified MWNTs can be easily dispersed to form a homogeneous suspension. It is found that the steady micro-ribbons existed in the films obtained by vacuum filtration of the suspension. The filtration formed steady flow field and induced steady alignment of oxidized MWNTs. The chemical treatment of MWNTs forming strong interaction between MWNTs is necessity to keep steady of the micro-ribbons microstructure.     

Catalytic Induced Thermal Conversion of Amorphous Carbon into Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have caught extensive attention in the field of material science and electronics. Their formation typically uses plasma arc or CVD techniques [1–3]. So far, formation of SWCNTs just by thermal conversion of amorphous, non graphitic carbon which is a nearly ubiquitous carbon source is challenging but has not been reported so far. We herein demonstrate the catalytic growth of SWNTs from an amorphous carbon source (activated charcoal powder, ‘Aktivkohle’) mediated by three different catalytically active metals; metallic nickel, nickel derived from bis(η⁵‐cyclopentadienyl)nickel (nickelocene) and yttrium formed in situ from yttrium oxide.     

Noncovalent Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube by Porphyrin: Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Water and Formation of Self-Assembly Donor-Acceptor Nanoensemble

A water-soluble nanoensemble of porphyrin and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was fabricated via electrostatic attraction. The formation of this supramolecular complex was monitored by UV-vis spectra and fluorescence spectra. The donor-acceptor properties of this nanoensemble were characterized by I–V performance of relative photovoltaic device fabricated by layer-by-layer (LBL) technique.     

多壁纳米碳管空气电极的交流阻抗研究

研究了多壁纳米碳管、活性炭和石墨等空气电极的交流阻抗特性.结果表明,纳米碳管空气电极的阻抗谱由两个半圆组成,高频区半圆对应欧姆极化阻抗,低频区半圆对应电化学极化阻抗.催化剂Pt以纳米颗粒的形式沉积在碳管的外表面,明显减小了电极的欧姆阻抗和电化学极化阻抗,提高了氧还原反应的电催化活性.活性炭电极除存在电化学阻抗外,还存在薄液膜扩散阻抗(Nernst扩散),石墨电极形成的薄液膜反应区域较小,电极反应呈Warburg扩散阻抗特征,相应的电催化活性较低.采用交流阻抗等效电路分析方法,对拟合的动力学数据进行了解释.     

自偏压作用下纳米碳管的定向生长

以玻璃为基板材料, 在550 ℃的低温条件下利用微波等离子体化学气相沉积法合成了定向纳米碳管.结果表明, 在利用微波等离子体化学气相沉积法合成纳米碳管时, 因等离子体作用存在于基板表面的自偏压对纳米碳管的定向生长起着非常重要的作用.自偏压的作用总是使纳米碳管的生长垂直于基板表面.     

Electrochemical Sensing of Uric Acid Using Glassy Carbon Modified with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Polyethylenimine

This work reports the advantages of using glassy carbon electrodes modified with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) dispersed in polyethylenimine (PEI). The presence of MWCNTs wrapped by PEI largely facilitated the strong adsorption of uric acid (UA) and allowed its highly sensitive and selective quantification even in the presence of high excess of ascorbic acid. The selected conditions for the electrochemical sensing were 5 s accumulation at ?0.300 V under stirring and quantification in a 0.050 M phosphate buffer solution pH 7.40 by differential pulse voltammetry adsorptive‐stripping after medium exchange. The platform allowed the successful application in the quantification of UA in urine.     

Glassy Carbon Electrodes Modified with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Polylysine

We report the analytical performance of glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with a dispersion of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in polylysine (Plys) (GCE/MWCNT‐Plys). The resulting electrodes show an excellent electrocatalytic activity towards different bioanalytes like ascorbic acid, uric acid and hydrogen peroxide, with important decrease in their oxidation overvoltages. The dispersion of 1.0 mg/mL MWCNT in 1.0 mg/mL polylysine is highly stable, since after 2 weeks the sensitivity for hydrogen peroxide at GCE modified with this dispersion remained in a 90% of the original value. The MWCNT‐Plys layer immobilized on glassy carbon electrodes has been also used as a platform to build supramolecular architectures by self‐assembling of polyelectrolytes based on the polycationic nature of the polylysine used to disperse the nanotubes. The self‐assembling of glucose oxidase has allowed us to obtain a supramolecular multistructure for glucose biosensing. The influence of glucose oxidase concentration and adsorption time as well as the effect of using polylysine or MWCNT‐Plys as polycationic layers for further adsorption of GOx is also evaluated.     

Adsorption and Electrooxidation of Nucleic Acids at Glassy Carbon Electrodes Modified with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed In Polylysine

We report the advantages of the adsorption and electrooxidation of oligonucleotides and calf‐thymus double stranded DNA (dsDNA) at glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with a dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in poly‐L ‐lysine (Plys) (GCE/MWCNT‐Plys). Important enhancement in the guanine oxidation signal was obtained by adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) due to a most favorable interaction between the negatively charged DNAs and the positively charged Plys that support the MWCNT. The layer of oligo(dG)₁₁ immobilized at GCE/MWCNT‐Plys was successfully used for the selective detection of the hybridization event using oligo(dG)₁₁/oligo(dC)₁₁ as model.     

碳纳米管在电分析中的应用

碳纳米管因其独特的特性,自发现以来得到了广泛的关注与应用;本文着重对碳纳米管在电分析中的应用作了综述。     

碳纳米管贮氢研究进展

综述了碳纳米管在实验和理论方面的贮氢研究工作。不同科研工作者得到的实验结果很不一致，重量百分比分布在67％～0．01％之间。理论模拟结果差别相对小一些。碳纳米管中的氢吸附受有效表面积和孔体积的强烈影响，单壁碳纳米管堆积的几何形状在氢吸附中也起着重要作用。不少研究者认为碳纳米管并不是适合的贮氢材料。其贮氢量在1(wt)％以下。     

Matrix Synthesis of N-Containing Carbon Nanotubes

N-Containing carbon nanotubes were prepared by the pyrolysis of acetonitrile in an alumina matrix. Nanotubes were obtained with given diameter and length. Amorphous carbon is also formed on the alumina surface in the acetonitrile pyrolysis.     

碳纳米管在样品前处理中的应用

碳纳米管是一维碳基纳米材料,具有独特的管状结构、良好的化学稳定性、热稳定性和高比表面积.近年来,碳纳米管在有机小分子、金属离子和生物大分子分离富集方面得到了广泛的应用.本文综述了碳纳米管及功能化碳纳米管在固相萃取、固相微萃取、中空纤维膜保护固相微萃取和液膜萃取等样品前处理技术中的应用.     

纳米碳管的制备

纳米碳管是一种新型的纳米材料和碳分子,其独特的分子结构和性能引起了人们的广泛关注。本文综述了纳米碳管的几种制备方法和相关的生长机理。     

功能化碳纳米管的电磁性能研究及进展

碳纳米管是最近发展起来的一种结构独特,性能优异的新材料,已成为当今物理、化学、材料等领域共同关注的课题.而碳纳米管的功能化更是为我们开辟了一个广阔的研究领域.本文总结了近十多年来功能化碳纳米管的研究进展,并侧重对功能化碳管的合成方法及电磁特性以及应用进行了评述.     

碳纳米管的纯化──电化学氧化法

用电化学氧化法对碳纳米管进行纯化,从稳态极化曲线出发,对反应的可行性进行了分析,考察了支持电解质、电流密度、时间等因素对反应的影响,确定了最佳实验条件,同时对纯化机理进行了解释.     

碳纳米管的定向操作

由于呈现独特的一维结构特征、机械及电子性能,碳纳米管已引起广泛的兴趣,然而涉及到具体的应用就不可避免碳纳米管的定位、定向,这也已成为非常富有挑战性的课题。本文中笔者主要介绍碳纳米管定向操作的最新进展,重点介绍后生长的平面有序定向操作。     

Microwave-Assisted Heating Method for the Decoration of Carbon Nanotubes with Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles

This study focuses on in situ synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles on the surface of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. By microwave-assisted chemical reaction of Zn(Ac)₂·2H₂O and NaS·9H₂O in glycol solution with carbon nanotubes, which were pretreated by oxidization in concentrated HNO₃. Zinc sulfide crystallite densely supported on carbon nanotubes with the diameter about 1 nm. The carbon nanotubes decorated by ZnS were characterized using transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. It is found that the multi-walled carbon nanotubes can not only act as a substrate but also change the crystal structures of ZnS in the reaction.     

碳纳米管的纯化

目前制备碳纳米管的方法很多，然而这些方法所制得的产物中除碳纳米管外常常还含有无定形碳、碳纳米粒子及催化剂颗粒等杂质，这些杂质的存在直接影响到碳纳米管的性能测试及其应用研究，因此碳纳米管的纯化研究十分必要与重要。而不同制备方法所得碳纳米管的性质以及所引入的杂质都不相同，这就增加了碳纳米管纯化研究的难度。本文结合该领域研究前沿对碳纳米管的纯化机理及方法做了系统的介绍。