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Self-Assembly of Hydrosoluble Carbon Nanotubes into Macroscopic Belts
Chuxin Wu1,2, Dongdong Zheng1,2, Hongtao Wang1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, YangQiao West Road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 591-83792835.
Abstract:
A simple approach for the synthesis of a truly neutral aqueous solution of shortened carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is presented. Upon evaporation of the solvent, the shortened CNTs self-assemble into belt-like macroscopic structures of approximately 3 cm in length. After the annealing process, the macroscopic assembly exhibits a good electrical conductivity of approximately 140 S cm-1 . The possible self-assembly process is also discussed.
