Capillarity and silver nanowire formation observed in single walled carbon nanotubes
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) exhibit similar capillarity properties to those exhibited by multiple walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs); SWNTs, previously filled in low yield (ca. 2%) by solution chemistry techniques, can be filled in high yield (up to ca. 50%) by the liquid phase method; compositions from the KCl–UCl4 and AgCl–AgBr systems were used to fill SWNTs without causing them significant chemical or thermal damage; in the case of the latter, exposure to light or an electron beam resulted in the partial photolytic reduction of SWNT incorporated silver halides to continuous metallic silver ‘nanowires’ within the capillaries.
Source: Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039/a901572h
Authors: Jeremy Sloan, David M. Wright, Sam Bailey, Gareth Brown, Andrew P. E. York, Karl S. Coleman, Malcolm L. H. Green, Jeremy Sloan, David M. Wright, John L. Hutchison, Hee-Gweon Woo
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2114140849