Germanium-oxide-coated carbon nanotubes

Martin Pumera; Hideo Iwai; Yuji Miyahara

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/42/425606

Germanium-oxide-coated carbon nanotubes

Martin Pumera, Hideo Iwai, Yuji Miyahara

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Abstract

An ultrathin coating of individual multi-wall carbon nanotubes with germanium oxide was developed. Coated carbon nanotubes were prepared by in situ gelation of tetramethoxy germanium, forming an amorphous germanium oxide layer. The resulting germanium oxide/carbon nanotube nanocables were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), TEM/energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and current-voltage measurements. The ∼10nm thin germanium oxide layer provides excellent electrical insulating properties for individual carbon nanotubes.

Original language	English
Article number	425606
Journal	Nanotechnology
Volume	20
Issue number	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/42/425606
Publication status	Published - 2009 Oct 12

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Pumera, M., Iwai, H., & Miyahara, Y. (2009). Germanium-oxide-coated carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology, 20(42), [425606]. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/42/425606

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