Chirality-Dependent Transport in Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Assemblies: The Role of Inner Tubes

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• 作者：Kazunori Fujisawa ; Keita Komiyama ; Hiroyuki Muramatsu ; Daisuke Shimamoto ; Tomohiro Tojo ; Yoong Ahm Kim ; Takuya Hayashi ; Morinobu Endo ; Kyoichi Oshida ; Mauricio Terrones ; Mildred S. Dresselhaus
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 27, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：5
• 期：9
• 页码：7547-7554
• 全文大小：992K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

A fundamental understanding of the electrical properties of carbon nanotubes is vital when fabricating high-performance polymeric composites as well as transparent conductive films. Herein, the chirality-dependent transport mechanisms in peapod- and chemical vapor deposition-grown double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) films are discussed by identifying the chiralities of the inner and the outer tubes using fast Fourier transform image processing, as well as optical studies (e.g., Raman, UV, and photoluminescence spectroscopies). The observed conduction mechanisms are strongly dependent on the total fraction of the metallic inner and outer tubes within the DWNT samples. Furthermore, the contribution of the inner tubes to the electronic transport properties of DWNT films is confirmed by photochemically deactivating the outer tubes in both types of DWNT samples.