Authors: Landi, Brian J.; Raffaelle, Ryne P.

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 7, Number 3, March 2007 , pp. 883-890(8)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

Abstract:

We report on the utility of modifying the carrier gas dynamics during laser vaporization synthesis to alter the single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) chiral distribution. SWNTs produced from an Alexandrite laser using conventional Ni/Co catalysts demonstrate marked differences in chiral distributions due to effects of helium gas and reactor chamber pressure, in comparison to conventional subambient pressures and argon gas. Optical absorption and Raman spectroscopies confirm that the SWNT diameter distribution decreases under higher pressure and with helium gas as opposed to argon. Fluorescence mapping of the raw soots in sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS)-D₂O was used to estimate the relative (n, m)-SWNT content of the semiconducting types. A predominance of type II structures for each synthesis condition was observed. The distribution of SWNT chiral angles was observed to shift away from near-armchair configurations under higher pressure and with helium gas. These results illustrate the importance of gas type and pressure on the condensation/cooling rate, which allows for synthesis of specific SWNT chiral distributions.

Keywords: SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; CHIRAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER VAPORIZATION SYNTHESIS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2007.207

Publication date: 2007-03-01

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