Capillarity and silver nanowire formation observed in single walled carbon nanotubes

Sloan, J; Wright, DM; Woo, HG; Bailey, S; Brown, G; York, APE; Coleman, KS; Hutchison, JL; Green, MLH

Abstract

Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) exhibit similar capillarity properties to those exhibited by multiple walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs); SWNTs, previously filled in low yield (ca, 2%) by solution chemistry techniques, can be filled in high yield (up to ca. 50%) by the liquid phase method; compositions from the KCl-UCl4 and AgCl-AgBr systems were used to fill SWNTs without causing them significant chemical or thermal damage; in the case of the latter, exposure to light or an electron beam resulted in the partial photolytic reduction of SWNT incorporated silver halides to continuous metallic silver 'nanowires' within the capillaries.

Citation

Sloan, J., Wright, D., Woo, H., Bailey, S., Brown, G., York, A., …Green, M. (1999). Capillarity and silver nanowire formation observed in single walled carbon nanotubes. Chemical Communications, 699-700

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 1999-04
• Journal: Chemical Communications
• Print ISSN: 1359-7345
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 699-700
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes; SWNTs