Controlling the Diameter of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Improving the Dispersion of the Uniform Catalyst Nanoparticles on Substrate

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• 作者：Junjun Chen ; Xiangju Xu ; Lijie Zhang ; Shaoming Huang
• 关键词：Single ; walled carbon nanotube ; Diameter control ; Chemical modification ; Chemical vapor deposition ; Catalyst nanoparticles
• 刊名：Nano-Micro Letters
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：4
• 页码：353-359
• 全文大小：1,526 KB
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• 作者单位：Junjun Chen (1)
  Xiangju Xu (1)
  Lijie Zhang (1)
  Shaoming Huang (1)
  
  1. Nanomaterials and Chemistry Key Laboratory, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325027, People鈥檚 Republic of China
  
• 刊物类别：Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology; Nanoscale Science and Technology;
• 刊物主题：Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology; Nanoscale Science and Technology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2150-5551

文摘

To have uniform nanoparticles individually dispersed on substrate before single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) growth at high temperature is the key for controlling the diameter of the SWNTs. In this letter, a facile approach to control the diameter and distribution of the SWNTs by improving the dispersion of the uniform Fe/Mo nanoparticles on silicon wafers with silica layer chemically modified by 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazane under different conditions is reported. It is found that the dispersion of the catalyst nanoparticles on Si wafer surface can be improved greatly from hydrophilic to hydrophobic, and the diameter and distribution of the SWNTs depend strongly on the dispersion of the catalyst on the substrate surface. Well dispersion of the catalyst results in relatively smaller diameter and narrower distribution of the SWNTs due to the decrease of aggregation and enhancement of dispersion of the catalyst nanoparticles before growth. It is also found that the diameter of the superlong aligned SWNTs is smaller with more narrow distribution than that of random nanotubes. Keywords Single-walled carbon nanotube Diameter control Chemical modification Chemical vapor deposition Catalyst nanoparticles