Imaging of oxygen-containing groups on walls of carbon nanotubes.
A method for highly precise and high-resolution imaging and location of oxygen-containing groups on the walls of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is presented. The soft-chemistry approach is used by means of tagging oxygen-containing groups on the surface of CNTs with Eu(III) through coordinate covalent bonds. Eu(III) ions bonded to oxygen-containing groups are observed by high-angle annular dark-field scanning TEM.
Pumera
Martin
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Biomaterials Center and International, Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. pumera.martin@nims.go.jp
D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D005063:Europium; D010100:Oxygen