Selfassembly of gold nanoparticles onto the surface of multiwall carbon nanotubes functionalized with mercaptobenzene moieties

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 743-747

  Shi, Jin ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Li, Hu Lin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Gold nanoparticles; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Self assemble

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MERCAPTOBENZENE MOIETIES; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751016814     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-005-9062-5     Document Type: Article

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