Electrochemical identification of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes using the water gate effect

Xiaojun Xian; Liying Jiao; Zhongyun Wu; Zhongfan Liu

doi:10.1039/b900379g

Electrochemical identification of metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes using the water gate effect

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 May 14:(18):2550-2. doi: 10.1039/b900379g. Epub 2009 Mar 16.

Authors

Xiaojun Xian¹, Liying Jiao, Zhongyun Wu, Zhongfan Liu

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Nanochemistry, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.

PMID: 19532886
DOI: 10.1039/b900379g

Abstract

By fabricating a PMMA control strip at the SWNTs-electrode contact area to screen off the water gate effect, metallic and semiconducting SWNTs were easily identified during the conventional electropolymerization process.