Light-induced selective deposition of Au nanoparticles on single-wall carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6105-6113

  Quintana, Mildred ^a   Ke, Xiaoxing ^b   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^b   Meneghetti, Moreno ^c   Bittencourt, Carla ^d   Prato, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Chimie Inorganique et Analytique   (Belgium)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; nanocomposites; single walled carbon nanotubes; UV light irradiation

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOHYBRIDS; NEW STRATEGY; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; THERMAL STABILITY; UV IRRADIATION; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTRA; XPS ANALYSIS;

GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COATINGS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GOLD; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78049345987     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101183y     Document Type: Article

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