Controlled positioning of carbon nanotubes by dielectrophoresis: Insights into the solvent and substrate role

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 279-284

  Duchamp, Martial ^a   Lee, Kyumin ^a   Dwir, Benjamin ^b   Seo, Jin Won ^a   Kapon, Eli ^b   Forró, László ^a   Magrez, Arnaud ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESS; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MICROFABRICATED ELECTRODES; SOLVATION SHELL; SUBSTRATE RESISTIVITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROELECTRODES; PERMITTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 75749134541     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901559q     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Ding, D.; Chen, Z.; Rajaputra, S.; Singh, V. Hydrogen Sensors Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotubes in an Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template with Palladium as a Top Electrode. Sens. Actuators B 2007, 124, 12-17.
2. Fennimore, A. M.; Yuzvinsky, T. D.; Han, W. Q.; Fuhrer, M. S.; Cumings, J.; Zettl, A. Rotational Actuators Based on Carbon Nanotubes. Nature 2003, 424, 408-410.
3. Baughman, R. H.; Cui, C.; Zakhidov, A. A.; Iqbal, Z.; Barisci, J. N.; Spinks, G. M.; Wallace, G. G.; Mazzoldi, A.; De Rossi, D.; Rinzler, A. G.; et al. Carbon Nanotube Actuators. Science 1999, 284, 1340-1344.
4. Hall, A. R.; Falvo, M. R.; Superfine, R.; Washburn, S. A Self-Sensing Nanomechanical Resonator Built on a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube. Nano Lett. 2008, 8, 3746-3749.
5. Oh, B. S.; Min, Y. S.; Bae, E. J.; Kang, D. H.; Jung, I. S.; Hwang, C. S.; Kim, Y. K.; Park, W. Fabrication of Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via a Direct Lithographic Route. J. Mater. Chem. 2006, 16, 174-178.
6. Ebbesen, T. W.; Takada, T. Topological and sp3 Defect Structures in Nanotubes. Carbon 1995, 33, 973-978.
7. 2 Reaction in the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 441-444.
8. Lee, K.; Lukic, B.; Magrez, A.; Seo, J. W.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Kulik, A. J.; Forró, L. Diameter-Dependent Elastic Modulus Supports the Metastable-Catalyst Growth of Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 1598-1602.
9. Ebbesen, T. W.; Ajayan, P. M. Large-Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes. Nature 1992, 358, 220-222.
10. Treacy, M. M. J.; Ebbesen, T. W.; Gibson, J. M. Exceptionally High Young's Modulus Observed for Individual Carbon Nanotubes. Nature 1996, 381, 678-680.
11. Lee, K.; Duchamp, M.; Kulik, G.; Magrez, A.; Seo, J. W.; Jeney, S.; Kulik, A. J.; Sundaram, R. S.; Brugger, J.; Forró, L. Uniformly Dispersed Deposition of Colloidal Nanoparticles and Nanowires by Boiling. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 173112.
12. Tsukruk, V. V.; Ko, H.; Peleshanko, S. Nanotube Surface Arrays: Weaving, Bending, and Assembling on Patterned Silicon. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 92, 065502.
13. Fukuda, T.; Arai, F.; Dong, L. X. Assembly of Nanodevices with Carbon Nanotubes Through Nanorobotic Manipulations. Proc. IEEE 2003, 91, 1803-1818.
14. Marquardt, C. W.; Blatt, S.; Hennrich, F.; Löhneysen, H.; Krupke, R. Probing Dielectrophoretic Force Fields with Metallic Carbon Nanotubes. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 183117.
15. Krupke, R.; Hennrich, F.; Löhneysen, H.; Kappes, M. M. Separation of Metallic from Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science 2003, 301, 344-347.
16. Chung, J. Y.; Lee, K. H.; Lee, J. H.; Ruoff, R. S. Toward Large-Scale Integration of Carbon Nanotubes. Langmuir 2004, 20, 3011-3017.
17. Bonard, J.-M.; Stora, T.; Salvetat, J.-P.; Maier, F.; Stöckli, T.; Duschl, C.; Forro, L.; de Heer, W. A.; Châtelain, A. Purification and Size-Selection of Carbon Nanotubes. Adv. Mater. 1997, 9, 827.
18. Jantoljak, H.; Salvetat, J.-P.; Forro, L.; Thomsen, C. Low-Energy Raman-Active Phonons of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process. 1998, 67, 113-116.
19. HD2200 Bandelin Sonopuls ultrasonic homogenizer probe is dipped into the solution in order to increase the efficiency of the dispersion process. Parameters: 100 W (power 50%), 10 min. The temperature of the sample was kept at 20 °C.
20. Lide, D. R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 90th ed. [Online]; CRC Press/Taylor and Francis: Boca Raton, FL, 2010. http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/.
21. Krupke, R.; Hennrich, F; Kappes, M. M.; Löhneysen, H. Surface Conductance Induced Dielectrophoresis of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2004, 4, 1395-1399.
22. Sanfelix, P. C.; Holloway, S.; Kolasinski, K. W.; Darling, G. R. The Structure of Water on the (0001) Surface of Graphite. Surf. Sci. 2003, 532-535, 166-172.
23. Walther, J. H.; Jaffe, R.; Halicioglu, T.; Koumoutsakos, P. Carbon Nanotubes in Water: Structural Characteristics and Energetics. J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 9980-9987.
24. Zhanpeisov, N. U.; Zhidomirov, G. M.; Fukumura, H. Interaction of a Single Water Molecule with a Single Graphite Layer: An Integrated ONIOM Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 6118-6123.
25. Martens, H. C. F.; Reedijk, J. A.; Brom, H. B.; de Leeuw, D. M.; Menon, R. Metallic State in Disordered Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors. Phys. Rev. B 2001, 63, 073203.
26. Dimaki, M.; Boggild, P. Dielectrophoresis of Carbon Nanotubes Using Microelectrodes: A Numerical Study. Nanotechnology 2004, 15, 1095-1102.
27. Battezzati, L.; Pisani, C.; Ricca, F. Equilibrium Conformation and Surface Motion of Hydrocarbon Molecules Physisorbed on Graphite. J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2 1975, 71, 1629-1639.
28. Avgul, N. N.; Kiselev, A. V.; Lygina, I. A. The Adsorption Energies of Water, Alcohols, Ammonia and Methylamine on Graphite. Russ. Chem. Bull. 1961, 8, 1308-1313.