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Preparation of Amino‐functionalized Multiwall Carbon Nanotube/Gold Nanoparticle Composites
Author(s) -
Ding Mingyu,
Zheng Rui
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201090055
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , colloidal gold , chemistry , nanoparticle , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , transmission electron microscopy , composite number , surface modification , nanotechnology , composite material , chemical engineering , materials science , engineering
Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) were modified orderly with carboxyl groups and amino groups. The MWNT/gold nanoparticle composites were formed when the amino‐functionalized MWNT was interacted with gold colloids. The functionalized MWNT was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The amino‐functionalized MWNT allows further attaching gold nanoparticles through electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged gold nanoparticles and amino groups on the surface of the MWNT. The composite of gold nanoprticles and amino‐functionalized MWNT was characterized by transmission electron microscopy. This method decorating carbon nanotubes can be used to identify the location of functional groups, i.e. defect sites on carbon nanotubes.