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Solubility and Electrical Response of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Thiolate Mediated Gold Nanoparticle Attachment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Jingbiao Cui ,
Charles P. Daghlian  and
Ursula J. Gibson
Charles P. Daghlian
Affiliation:
Rippel Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755, U.S.A.
Ursula J. Gibson
Affiliation:
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Dodecanethiol-stabilized-Au nanoparticles are successfully attached to the sidewall of as-grown single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) via a simple approach. This provides a straightforward method to functionalize and dissolve SWCNTs of full length in organic solvents. The modified nanotubes exhibit dramatic increase in tube resistance and strong gate dependence with a memory effect, which is explained in terms of nanotube structure deformation induced by surface thiolation. The mechanism for Au particle attachment is shown to be via dodecanethiol groups.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 858: Symposium HH – Functional Carbon Nanotubes , 2004 , HH13.24
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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