Water-assisted self-organized micropatterns of carbon nanotubes

FUEL 200

Jiangying Qu, qujianggaofeng@163.com, Zongbing Zhao, zbzhao@dlut.edu.cn, Jieshan Qiu, jqiu@dlut.edu.cn, and Xuzhen Wang, xuzhen@dlut.edu.cn. Carbon Research Laboratory and State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 158 Zhongshan Road, dalian, 116012, China
We report the fabrication of several carbon nanotube patterns by catalytic decomposition of a ferrocene/cyclohexane mixture in the presence of water. It has been found that the weak oxidizer water introduced into the reaction system plays a key role in the formation and growth of these carbon nanotube patterns. The assembly of the carbon nanotubes can be controlled by tuning experimental conditions. This approach may become an alternative method for fabricating carbon nanotube architectures with unique structures and properties that may be of potential uses in many fields.
 

Chemistry and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles
1:30 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Palace -- Napa Room, Oral

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Sci-Mix

Division of Fuel Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006