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Nanoscale Microelectrochemical Cells on Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Jin Xianbo,
Zhou Wuzong,
Zhang Shengwen,
Chen George Z.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700139
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , nanoscopic scale , materials science , nanotechnology , aqueous solution , nanocrystalline material , chemical engineering , deposition (geology) , chemistry , organic chemistry , paleontology , sediment , engineering , biology
Nanoscale microelectrochemical cells can form on individual carbon nanotubes in neutral aqueous solutions of KMnO 4 , leading to corrosion of the nanotubes (see image) and simultaneous deposition of nanocrystalline MnO 2 on both external and internal surfaces of the nanotubes.