Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/SiO2and Carbon Nanotube/SiO2/Ag Nanoparticles Hybrids by Using Plasma Treatment

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Based on plasma-treated single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), SWCNT/SiO(2) and thiol groups-functionalized SWCNT/SiO(2) hybrids have been fabricated through a sol-gel process. By means of thiol groups, Ag nanoparticles have been in situ synthesized and bonded onto the SiO(2) shell of SWCNT/SiO(2) in the absence of external reducing agent, resulting in the stable carbon nanotube/SiO(2)/Ag nanoparticles hybrids. This strategy provides a facile, low-cost, and green methodology for the creation of carbon nanotube/inorganic oxides-metal nanoparticles hybrids.