Fabrication of carbon nanotube-based microcapsules by a colloid templating technique
Authors: Paunov, V.N.; M in het Panhuis,
Source: Nanotechnology, Volume 16, Number 9, September 2005 , pp. 1522-1525(4)
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
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Abstract:
Carbon nanotube-based microcapsules with integral shells of cross-linked multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been prepared and characterized. Shells of amine-functionalized MWNTs can be obtained by heterocoagulating nanotubes on latex particles. Cross-linking and dissolving latex particles resulted in hollow shell microstructures with a shell of nanotubes. The average size of the microcapsules is controlled by the average size of the latex particles.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/9/019
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