Mapping nanoscale electrochemistry of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nano Lett. 2014 Jan 8;14(1):220-4. doi: 10.1021/nl403752e. Epub 2013 Dec 3.

Abstract

We introduce a multiprobe platform for the investigation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) that allows the electrochemical response of an individual SWNT to be mapped at high spatial resolution and correlated directly with the intrinsic electronic and structural properties. With this approach, we develop a detailed picture of the factors controlling electrochemistry at SWNTs and propose a definitive model that has major implications for future architectures of SWNT electrode devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Conductometry / methods*
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Materials Testing / methods*
  • Microelectrodes*
  • Microscopy, Scanning Probe / methods*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon