title: A graphene oxide-carbon nanotube grid for high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of nanomaterials.
abstract: A novel grid for use in transmission electron microscopy is developed. The supporting film of the grid is composed of thin graphene oxide films overlying a super-aligned carbon nanotube network. The composite film combines the advantages of graphene oxide and carbon nanotube networks and has the following properties: it is ultra-thin, it has a large flat and smooth effective supporting area with a homogeneous amorphous appearance, high stability, and good conductivity. The graphene oxide-carbon nanotube grid has a distinct advantage when characterizing the fine structure of a mass of nanomaterials over conventional amorphous carbon grids. Clear high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of various nanomaterials are obtained easily using the new grids.
authors: Department of Physics, Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Centre, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. zhanglina@tsinghua.edu.cn
authors: Lina
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Haoxu
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Ruifeng
authors: R
authors: Zhou
authors: Zhuo
authors: Z
authors: Chen
authors: Qunqing
authors: Q
authors: Li
authors: Shoushan
authors: S
authors: Fan
authors: Guanglu
authors: G
authors: Ge
authors: Renxiao
authors: R
authors: Liu
authors: Kaili
authors: K
authors: Jiang
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000295:instrumentation*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D010087:Oxides; D006108:Graphite