October 16, 2000Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Aligned Coaxial Nanowires of Carbon Nanotubes Sheathed with Conducting Polymers
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Implication
Experimental study demonstrates the synthesis of aligned conducting polymer–carbon nanotube coaxial nanowires, suggesting new avenues for multifunctional nanoelectronic devices.
Key Points
- Synthesize and characterize novel conducting polymer–carbon nanotube coaxial nanowires utilizing vertically aligned nanotube arrays.
- Utilized carbon nanotube arrays aligned perpendicular to a substrate surface as electrodes.
- Electrochemically deposited conducting polymer films onto the carbon nanotube arrays partially immersed in an electrolyte solution.
- Characterized the resulting coaxial composite nanostructures using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
- Successfully fabricated novel conducting polymer–carbon nanotube (CP–NT) coaxial nanowire composites.
- SEM imaging confirmed the uniform electrochemical coating of conducting polymer sheaths onto the aligned carbon nanotube arrays.
Cite This Study
Gao et al. (2000) studied this question.