Asymmetrically charged carbon nanotubes by controlled functionalization

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1833-1840

  Peng, Qiang ^a   Qu, Liangti ^a   Dai, Liming ^a   Park, Kyoungweon ^b   Vaia, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric functionalization; Carbon nanotube; Selective charge; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ASYMMETRIC FUNCTIONALIZATION; ASYMMETRIC MODIFICATIONS; BOTTOM-UP; CHARGED CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGED MOIETIES; COMPLEX STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; OPPOSITE CHARGES; PLASMA TREATMENTS; POTENTIAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; SELECTIVE CHARGE; STACKING INTERACTIONS; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 54249092420     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8002532     Document Type: Article

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