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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)

One-Step Cutting of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Nanoscissors

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353656
Jiang Zhao
Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Ping Liu
Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, People’s Republic of China
Zhi Yang
Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Peng Zhou
Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Yafei Zhang
Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Yafei Zhang

yfzhang@sjtu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011), Article Number: 86-90

Abstract

A novel, simple and effective one-step method has been developed to cut the conventional long and entangled multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with nanoscissors. The cutting process was carried out by the interactive collision of CNTs with the silicon carbide particles adhered on the abrasive papers. The final cut nanotubes have an average length of 200∼300 nm. The statistical length distribution result indicates that cutting by this method achieves high cutting efficiency for short duration of 2 min. Shortened nanotubes are found to be easily dispersed into aqueous and ethanol solutions. The cut MWCNTs/copper composite thin film fabricated by combined electrophoresis and electroplating techniques reveals that MWCNTs after cutting are well distributed and adhered to the Cu matrix. This method is not only fast and efficient but also no chemical waste, which will expand many potential applications of CNTs.

Keywords

Cutting MWCNTs Nanoscissors Dispersion
Zhao, Jiang, Ping Liu, Zhi Yang, Peng Zhou, and Yafei Zhang. 2011. “One-Step Cutting of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Nanoscissors”. Nano-Micro Letters 3 (2):86-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353656.
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