Fabrication and analysis of a free-standing carbon nanotube-metal hybrid nanostructure

Won Seok Chang, Jun Yeon Hwang, Chang Soo Han

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Abstract

The properties of carbon nanotube-metal hybrid nanostructures are critically dependent on the structure and chemistry of the metal-carbon nanotube interface. In this study, the interface between nickel and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been investigated using physical vapor-deposited (sputter-deposited) nickel onto the surface of freestanding carbon nanotube arrays processed by nano-imprint lithography (NIL). These interfaces have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy and 3D atom probe tomography. In the nickel nanocrystals growing on the CNT surface, a metastable hexagonal Ni3C-types phase appears to be stabilized. The structural stability of the nickel-CNT interface is also discussed and related to potential implications for the properties of these nanocomposites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-29
Number of pages5
JournalTransactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jan

Keywords

  • 3D atom probe tomography
  • Carbon Nanotube
  • Hybrid nanostructure
  • Physical vapor deposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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