title: Characterization of single wall carbon nanotubes by means of rare gas adsorption.
abstract: Based on the formalisms of Langmuir and Fowler, theoretical adsorption isotherms are calculated for different bundle geometries of single wall carbon nanotubes in a triangular lattice. The authors show the dependence of the adsorption properties on the nanotube diameter and on the specific morphology of the bundles they constitute. The authors demonstrate how isotherm curve analysis can help to experimentally determine what kinds of tubes form a given bundle and the ratio of open to closed tubes in a sample having undergone a complete or incomplete opening protocol. In spite of the model's simplicity, quite satisfactory agreement is observed between experiments and the authors' calculations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique Moléculaire, UMR CNRS 6624, Faculté des Sciences, F-25030 Besançon, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arab
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Picaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramseyer
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Babaa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valsaque
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McRae