Carbon Nanotube/P(VDF-TrFE) Nano-Composite Characterization by Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">K?El-HamiEmail author S?Kuwajima R?Micheletto K?Matsushige |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto 606-85011, Japan;(2) Venture Business Laboratory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | In continuation of our research on carbon nanotube/P(VDF-TrFE) nano-composites 1], total x-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is engaged
in a novel characterization of these materials regarding their compositions, purities, and structural analysis. Samples such
as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer, SWCNT/P(VDF-TrFE),
and MWCNT/P(VDF-TrFE) were analyzed by TXRF. The synthetic quartz used as a substrate was analyzed as reference material for
the TXRF measurements. The ethanol and the dimethylformamide (DMF) used as solvents for carbon nanotubes and copolymers respectively
were also analyzed by TXRF to determine whether they have an influence or not on the TXRF of the previous material. The preliminary
results showed that single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes prepared by the arc-discharge method contain catalytic
particles such as Fe, Co, and Ni used to obtain SWCNT while there were no metal or impurities in MWCNT. The TXRF spectrum
of CNT/P(VDFTrFE) showed the same results as we found previously with background due to the P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer scattered
signal.
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Published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 5, pp. 700–702, September–October, 2005. |
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Keywords: | nano-composite carbon nanotubes total x-ray fluorescence single-walled carbon nanotubes multiwalled carbon nanotubes |
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