High Resolution Electron Microscopy: A Powerful Tool to Characterize Nanotubes

On the landscape of the nanoscience and nanothecnology carbon nanotubes (1) have played an important role on the development of 1D materials. They consist of single (SWCNT) or multi (MWCNT) layers of graphene cylinders arranged around a central hollow. In the case of the SWCNT the size distribution...

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Published in:Key engineering materials 2010-01, Vol.441, p.95-119
Main Authors: Ruiz-González, M.L., González-Calbet, José María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon nanotubes
Cylinders
Drugs
Electronics
Graphene
High resolution electron microscopy
Landscapes
Nanocomposites
Nanomaterials
Nanostructure
Nanotubes
Separation
Single wall carbon nanotubes
Size distribution
Spintronics
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Summary:On the landscape of the nanoscience and nanothecnology carbon nanotubes (1) have played an important role on the development of 1D materials. They consist of single (SWCNT) or multi (MWCNT) layers of graphene cylinders arranged around a central hollow. In the case of the SWCNT the size distribution is narrow (1-2 nm) while it is broader for MWCNT (2-25 nm) exhibiting a constant separation between layers, nearly equal to that of graphite-layer spacing (0.34 nm). In both cases, the length extends up to several microns. These characteristics provide large external and internal surfaces making both functionalization and filling processes very attractive for potential performances in several areas like electronic, spintronic, or drug release
ISSN:1013-9826
1662-9795
1662-9795
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.441.95