Precise cutting of single-walled carbon nanotubes Academic Article

abstract

• We precisely cut single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to create short nanotubes with controlled length and open ends using an ultra-microtome and magnetically aligned SWNT membranes. At -60 C, multiple layers of SWNT membranes were stacked and frozen together, and then cut at lengths of 50 and 200 nm, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman characterizations clearly indicated that nanotubes were mechanically chopped to create open ends without notable sidewall damage. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization and statistical analysis showed that the length distributions of the cut SWNTs can be controlled. Short SWNTs are very promising for applications in biomolecular transportation, field emission, field effect transistor and nanocomposites. IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Wang, Shiren

published proceedings

• Nanotechnology

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, S., Liang, Z., Wang, B., Zhang, C., & Rahman, Z.

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• Wang, Shiren||Liang, Zhiyong||Wang, Ben||Zhang, Chuck||Rahman, Zia

publication date

• February 2007

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Nanotechnology  Journal

keywords

• 32 Biomedical And Clinical Sciences
• 3206 Medical Biotechnology
• 40 Engineering
• 4018 Nanotechnology
• Bioengineering
• Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/0957-4484/18/5/055301

start page

• 055301

end page

• 055301

volume

• 18

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/5/055301