Free-standing array of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on silicon (111) by a field-inducing self-assembly process

Li Xing; Junhui Xiang; Fushi Zhang; Xiaohong Liang; Bo Song; Shiwei Chen

doi:10.1166/jnn.2010.2537

Free-standing array of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on silicon (111) by a field-inducing self-assembly process

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 Oct;10(10):6376-82. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2010.2537.

Authors

Li Xing¹, Junhui Xiang, Fushi Zhang, Xiaohong Liang, Bo Song, Shiwei Chen

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

PMID: 21137733
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.2537

Abstract

In this paper, the authors bring forward a novel method named as the field-inducing self-assembly process in which free-standing MWCNTs array can be assembled perpendicularly on silicon (111) wafer. The density of free-standing MWCNTs array is controllable by adjusting the DC voltage from 0 V to 40 V. Preferential MWCNTs array is obtained by the condensation reaction between carboxylic group of MWCNTs end and hydroxyl group of silicon electrode surface under a low DC field. And the MWCNTs array can exhibit excellent field emission property.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't