Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 2012, Vol.15, No.2, pp.121-137

NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
An Interdisciplinary Journal

2012, Vol.15, No.2, pp.121-137

Structure of Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Clusters on Conducting Organometallic Langmuir - Blodgett Films.
A. S. Egorov, H. V. Krylova, I. V. Lipnevich, B. G. Shulitsky, L. V. Baran, S. V. Gusakova, and M. I. Govorov

Electron diffraction structural investigations of modified multi-walled carbon nanotube clusters fabricated by Langmuir - Blodgett (LB) technology have been performed.Boundary effects have been established at formation of high density LB-cluster from a mixture of stearic acid with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) modified by carboxyl groups.It was shown that high-density array of vertically oriented ends of multi-walled carbon nanotubes are formed during epitaxial growth on a surface of crystalline thin conducting organometallic polymeric LB-film, with lattice parameters close to those of the lattice parameters of CNT-edges.

Key words: electron diffraction, diffusion, epitaxial growth, Langmuir - Blodgett film, carbon nanotube

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