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Carbon Nanotube Junctions: Multibranched Junctions of Carbon Nanotubes via Cobalt Particles (Adv. Mater. 44/2009)
Author(s) -
RodríguezManzo Julio A.,
Wang MingSheng,
Banhart Florian,
Bando Yoshio,
Golberg Dmitri
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200990164
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , cobalt , transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , particle (ecology) , electrical conductor , irradiation , carbon fibers , composite material , composite number , oceanography , physics , nuclear physics , metallurgy , geology
Junctions between different carbon nanotubes (CNTs) created using cobalt particles as central nodes (background) are demonstrated by Ming‐Sheng Wang and co‐workers on p. 4477 . The process involves high‐temperature electron irradiation of areas where a metal particle is located at the overlapping region of two CNTs. In situ transmission electron microscopy measurements show that the junctions are electrically conductive and mechanically robust. The extension of this technique towards creating more complicated structures, such as a 3D CNT network, is also depicted in the cover.