title: Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/SiO(2) and Carbon Nanotube/SiO(2)/Ag Nanoparticles Hybrids by Using Plasma Treatment.
abstract: Based on plasma-treated single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), SWCNT/SiO(2) and thiol groups-functionalized SWCNT/SiO(2) hybrids have been fabricated through a sol-gel process. By means of thiol groups, Ag nanoparticles have been in situ synthesized and bonded onto the SiO(2) shell of SWCNT/SiO(2) in the absence of external reducing agent, resulting in the stable carbon nanotube/SiO(2)/Ag nanoparticles hybrids. This strategy provides a facile, low-cost, and green methodology for the creation of carbon nanotube/inorganic oxides-metal nanoparticles hybrids.
authors.affiliation: The WCU Center for Synthetic Polymer Bioconjugate Hybrid Materials, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan, 609-735 Korea.
authors.forename: Haiqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chang-Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Il
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim