Films of bare single-walled carbon nanotubes from superacids with tailored electronic and photoluminescence properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5727-5734

  Saha, Avishek ^a,c   Ghosh, Saunab ^a,c   Weisman, R Bruce ^a,c   Martí, Angel A ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; conductive films; NIR microscopy; photoluminescence; transparent films

Indexed keywords

CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; DIPCOATING METHODS; FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE; FUSED SILICA SUBSTRATES; HIGH DENSITY; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; LOW DENSITY; MESOPOROUS NANOPARTICLE; MICROPOROUS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NEAR-IR; NIR MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PHOTOPHYSICAL; SUPER ACID; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS; TRANSPARENT FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON OXIDES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FILM PREPARATION;

ACID; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862843575     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302092b     Document Type: Article

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