Efficient synthesis of tailored magnetic carbon nanotubes via a noncovalent chemical route.
We report here an efficient noncovalent chemical route to dense and uniform assembly of magnetic nanoparticles onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes within a single-layer configuration. While preserving the electrical conduction behavior of the nanotube network itself, the resulting carbon nanotube derivatives exhibit a distinct superparamagnetism, and can be magnetically manipulated via a quick and reversible mode.
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. xianglongli@lanl.gov
Xianglong
X
Li
Joe D
JD
Thompson
Yingying
Y
Zhang
Christina I
CI
Brady
Guifu
G
Zou
Nathan H
NH
Mack
Darrick
D
Williams
Juan G
JG
Duque
Quanxi
Q
Jia
Stephen K
SK
Doorn
D008280:Magnetics; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013696:Temperature
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon