Immobilization of Carbon Nanotubes on Au(111) via Self-assembled Monolayers

• Tomoaki Nishino

  Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, Osaka Prefecture University

• Satoshi Kanata

  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University

• Chiyo Hirata

  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University

Abstract

We investigated the immobilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au(111) by atomic force microscopy. The nanotubes were homogeneously attached to the SAMs of aminothiophenol and benzenethiol. We found that the nanotubes formed mesh-like structures on a 1-propanethiol SAM, which most likely reflected a weak interaction between the nanotubes and the SAM surface. These results demonstrate that the chemical functionality of a SAM surface strongly affected the immobilization of carbon nanotubes.

Journal

• Chemistry Letters

  Chemistry Letters 40 (11), 1217-1219, 2011-10-01

  Oxford University Press (OUP)

Keywords

• General Chemistry

Details

• CRID: 1360846644041627008
• NII Article ID: 130004426079
• DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.1217
• ISSN: 13480715
• ISSN: 03667022
• Web Site: https://academic.oup.com/chemlett/article-pdf/40/11/1217/55605768/cl.2011.1217.pdf
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