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Optical detection of individual ultra-short carbon nanotubes enables their length characterization down to 10 nm.

ABSTRACT: Ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes, i.e. with length below ~30 nm, display length-dependent physical, chemical and biological properties that are attractive for the development of novel nanodevices and nanomaterials. Whether fundamental or applicative, such developments require that ultrashort nanotube lengths can be routinely and reliably characterized with high statistical data for high-quality sample production. However, no methods currently fulfill these requirements. Here, we demonstrate that photothermal microscopy achieves fast and reliable optical single nanotube analysis down to ~10 nm lengths. Compared to atomic force microscopy, this method provides ultrashort nanotubes length distribution with high statistics, and neither requires specific sample preparation nor tip-dependent image analysis.

SUBMITTER: Gao Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4658524 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optical detection of individual ultra-short carbon nanotubes enables their length characterization down to 10 nm.

Gao Zhenghong Z Oudjedi Laura L Faes Romain R Moroté Fabien F Jaillet Christèle C Poulin Philippe P Lounis Brahim B Cognet Laurent L

Scientific reports 20151125

Ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes, i.e. with length below ~30 nm, display length-dependent physical, chemical and biological properties that are attractive for the development of novel nanodevices and nanomaterials. Whether fundamental or applicative, such developments require that ultrashort nanotube lengths can be routinely and reliably characterized with high statistical data for high-quality sample production. However, no methods currently fulfill these requirements. Here, we demonst ...[more]

PMID: 26603487

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