Stepwise current-driven release of attogram quantities of copper iodide encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

Nano Lett. 2008 Oct;8(10):3120-5. doi: 10.1021/nl8012506. Epub 2008 Aug 26.

Abstract

Encapsulated nanograins of copper iodide have been sequentially discharged from individual carbon nanotubes. Using a high resolution electron microscope equipped with a two-terminal electrical measurements unit, it was possible to manipulate the filling contents with precisions of a few attograms at a time. Changes in electrical resistance and filling ratio were followed in tandem and in real-time. It is shown that the pulsed release of the halide is directly related to the overall conductance of the filled nanotube.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Drug Carriers
  • Electric Impedance
  • Iodides / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron / methods
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*

Substances

  • Drug Carriers
  • Iodides
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Carbon
  • Copper