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Formation of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films on Electrodes Monitored by an Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Author(s) -
Nakashima Naotoshi,
Kobae Hideaki,
Sagara Takamasa,
Murakami Hiroto
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/1439-7641(20020517)3:5<456::aid-cphc456>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - quartz crystal microbalance , carbon nanotube , aqueous solution , electrochemistry , ferrocene , electrode , materials science , chemical engineering , thin film , pulmonary surfactant , quartz , nanotube , nanotechnology , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , adsorption , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
Shortened single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were dissolved in an aqueous micellar solution of a ferrocene‐carrying surfactant. Thin‐film formation from an aqueous solution of the SWNTs could then be monitored by using an electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, as shown in the graphic.