On the preparation of as-produced and purified single-walled carbon nanotube samples for standardized X-ray diffraction characterization

Materials Characterization

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Allaf, Rula M ^a   Rivero, Iris V ^a   Spearman, Shayla S ^a   Hope Weeks, Louisa J ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Heat treatment; Sample preparation; Single walled carbon nanotubes; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; POWDER XRD; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SPECIMEN PREPARATION METHOD; XRD;

ADSORPTION; DIFFRACTION; PURIFICATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

EID: 79960306186     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. S. Iijima, and T. Ichihashi Single-shell carbon nanotubes of 1-nm diameter Nature 363 1993 603 605
2. S. Iijima Carbon nanotubes: past, present, and future Phys B 323 2002 1 5 (Pubitemid 35018984)
3. A. Thess, R. Lee, P. Nikolaev, H. Dai, P. Petit, and J. Robert Crystalline ropes of metallic carbon nanotubes Science 273 1996 483 487 (Pubitemid 26286446)
4. M. Meyyappan Carbon nanotubes: science and applications 2005 CRC Press LLC Boca Raton
5. T. Belin, and F. Epron Characterization methods of carbon nanotubes: a review Mater Sci Eng B 119 2005 105 118
6. D. Zhang, L. Shi, J. Fang, X. Li, and K. Dai Preparation and modification of carbon nanotubes Mater Lett 599 2005 4044 4047 (Pubitemid 41460478)
7. Y. Saito, T. Yoshikawa, S. Bandow, M. Tomita, and T. Hayashi Interlayer spacings in carbon nanotubes Phys Rev B 48 1993 1907 1910
8. B.I. Rosario-Castro, E.J. Contés, M. Lebrón-Colón, M.A. Meador, G. Sánchez-Pomales, and C.R. Cabrera Combined electron microscopy and spectroscopy characterization of as-received, acid purified, and oxidized HiPCO single-wall carbon nanotubes Mater Charact 60 2009 1442 1453
9. S. Arepalli, P. Nikolaev, O. Gorelik, V.G. Hadjiev, W.A. Holmes, and B.S. Files Protocol for the characterization of single-wall carbon nanotube material quality Carbon 42 2004 1783 1791
10. B.D. Cullity, and S.R. Stock Elements of x-ray diffraction third ed. 2001 Prentice Hall New Jersey
11. S. Rols, A. Righi, L. Alvarez, E. Anglaret, C. Journet, and P. Bernier Diameter distribution of single wall carbon nanotubes in nanobundles Eur Phys J B 18 2000 201 205
12. G. Liu, Y. Zhao, K. Deng, Z. Liu, W. Chu, and J. Chen Highly dense and perfectly aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes fabricated by diamond wire drawing dies Nano lett 8 2008 1071 1075
13. U. Dettlaff-Weglikowska, and S. Roth Simple and efficient purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, Electronic properties of molecular nanostructures, AIP 2001: Proceedings of American Institute of Physics, 2001 March 3-10, Kirchberg, Austria 2001 AIP New York 171 174
14. Y. Maniwa, Y. Kumazawa, Y. Saito, H. Tou, H. Kataura, and H. Kataura Anomaly of X-ray diffraction profile in single-walled carbon nanotubes Jpn J Appl Phys 38 1999 L668 L670
15. A.G. Rinzler, J. Liu, H. Dai, P. Nikolaev, C.B. Huffman, and F.J. RodrIguez-MacIas Large-scale purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes: process, product, and characterization Appl Phys A Mater Sci Process 67 1998 29 37 (Pubitemid 128663186)
16. I. Hinkov, J. Grand, M.L. de la Chapelle, S. Farhat, C.D. Scott, and P. Nikolaev Effect of temperature on carbon nanotube diameter and bundle arrangement: microscopic and macroscopic analysis J Appl Phys 95 2004 2029 2037
17. 60-peapods Carbon 43 2005 37 45
18. S. Kawasaki, Y. Nojima, T. Yokomae, F. Okino, and H. Touhara Hardness of high-pressure high-temperature treated single-walled carbon nanotubes Phys B 388 2007 59 62 (Pubitemid 44793053)
19. S. Rols, R. Almairac, L. Henrard, E. Anglaret, and J.L. Sauvajol Diffraction by finite-size bundles of single wall nanotubes Eur Phys J B 10 1999 263 270 (Pubitemid 129641585)
20. N. Bendiab, R. Almairac, S. Rols, R. Aznar, and J.L. Sauvajol Structural determination of iodine localization in single-walled carbon nanotube bundles by diffraction methods Phys Rev B 69 2004 195415-1 195415-8
21. M. Monthioux, P. Serp, E. Flahaut, M. Razafinimanana, C. Laurent, and A. Peigney Introduction to carbon nanotubes B. Bhushan, Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology third ed. 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 47 118
22. J.A. Robinson, E.S. Snow, Ş.C. Badescu, T.L. Reinecke, and F.K. Perkins Role of defects in single-walled carbon nanotube chemical sensors Nano Lett 6 2006 1747 1751 (Pubitemid 44327541)
23. Y. Maniwa, K. Matsuda, H. Kyakuno, S. Ogasawara, T. Hibi, and H. Kadowaki Water-filled single-wall carbon nanotubes as molecular nanovalves Nat Mater 6 2007 135 141 (Pubitemid 46201630)
24. M. Nath, P.V. Teredesai, D.V.S. Muthu, A.K. Sood, and C.N.R. Rao Single-walled carbon nanotube bundles intercalated with semiconductor nanoparticles Curr Sci 85 2003 956 960 (Pubitemid 39160406)
25. E. Borowiak-Palen, M.H. Ruemmeli, T. Gemming, T. Pichler, R.J. Kalenczuk, and S.R.P. Silva Silver filled single-wall carbon nanotubes-synthesis, structural and electronic properties Nanotechnology 17 2006 2415 2419
26. M.T. Martínez, M.A. Callejas, A.M. Benito, M. Cochet, T. Seeger, and A. Ansón Sensitivity of single wall carbon nanotubes to oxidative processing: structural modification, intercalation and functionalization Carbon 41 2003 2247 2256
27. D.V. Kazachkin, Y. Nishimura, S. Irle, X. Feng, R. Vidic, and E. Borguet Temperature and pressure dependence of molecular adsorption on single wall carbon nanotubes and the existence of an "adsorption/desorption pressure gap" Carbon 48 2010 1867 1875
28. Y. Maniwa, R. Fujiwara, H. Kira, H. Tou, H. Kataura, and S. Suzuki Thermal expansion of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) bundles: X-ray diffraction studies Phys Rev B 64 2001 241402-1 241402-3
29. M. Abe, H. Kataura, H. Kira, T. Kodama, S. Suzuki, and Y. Achiba Structural transformation from single-wall to double-wall carbon nanotube bundles Phys Rev B 68 2003 041405-1 041405-4
30. A. Giannasi, M. Celli, J.L. Sauvajol, M. Zoppi, and D.T. Bowron SWCN characterization by neutron diffraction Phys B 350 2004 e1027 e1029
31. H. Kadowaki, A. Nishiyama, K. Matsuda, Y. Maniwa, S. Suzuki, and Y. Achiba Rietveld analysis and maximum entropy method of powder diffraction for bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes J Phys Soc Jpn 74 2005 2990 2995 (Pubitemid 41655927)
32. S. Rols, M.R. Johnson, P. Zeppenfeld, M. Bienfait, O.E. Vilches, and J. Schneble Argon adsorption in open-ended single-wall carbon nanotubes Phys Rev B 71 2005 155411-1 155411-8
33. Z. Shi, Y. Lian, F. Liao, X. Zhou, Z. Gu, and Y. Zhang Purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes Solid State Commun 1999 35 37
34. X. Zhang, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Liu, and S. Kumar Properties and structure of nitric acid oxidized single wall carbon nanotube films J Phys Chem B 108 2004 16435 16440
35. T. Suzuki, S. Inoue, and Y. Ando Purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes by using high-pressure micro reactor Diamond Relat Mater 17 2008 1596 1599
36. A. Dailly, J.W.L. Yim, C.C. Ahn, E. Miura, R. Yazami, and B. Fultz Purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes by potassium intercalation and exfoliation Appl Phys A 80 2005 717 722 (Pubitemid 40136048)
37. C.-M. Yang, H. Kanoh, K. Kaneko, M. Yudasaka, and S. Iijima Adsorption behaviors of HiPco single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates for alcohol vapors J Phys Chem B 106 2002 8994 8999 (Pubitemid 35390062)
38. H.Z. Geng, X.B. Zhang, S.H. Mao, A. Kleinhammes, H. Shimoda, and Y. Wu Opening and closing of single-wall carbon nanotubes Chem Phys Lett 399 2004 109 113 (Pubitemid 40017589)