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The local study of a nanoBud structure
Author(s) -
Tian Ying,
Chassaing Delphine,
Nasibulin Albert G.,
Ayala Paola,
Jiang Hua,
Anisimov Anton S.,
Hassanien Abdou,
Kauppinen Esko I.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200879584
Subject(s) - high resolution transmission electron microscopy , fullerene , raman spectroscopy , carbon nanotube , materials science , transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , resolution (logic) , scanning tunneling microscope , molecular physics , chemistry , optics , physics , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence , computer science
We studied a NanoBud structure in a local‐scale using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and Raman spectroscopy. The HRTEM images show fullerenes on the outer surface of a single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and the bonding between the fullerenes and SWCNT were examined by STM measurement, in which the fullerene attachment was stable against high bias imaging. We were also able to perform Raman measurement on a NanoBud structure. Characteristic features of the individual SWCNT, assigned as (16,11), and fullerenes were observed in the vibrational spectrum. The G band and the radial breathing mode (RBM) of SWCNTs as well as an additional feature at 1460 cm –1 were clearly presented simultaneously, which indicate the NanoBud structure. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)