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Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: functionalization and thermal stability.

ABSTRACT: Grafting of fluorine species on carbon nanostructures has attracted interest due to the effective modification of physical and chemical properties of the starting materials. Various techniques have been employed to achieve a controlled fluorination yield; however, the effect of contaminants is rarely discussed, although they are often present. In the present work, the fluorination of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes was performed using plasma treatment in a magnetron sputtering chamber with fluorine diluted in an argon atmosphere with an Ar/F2 ratio of 95:5. The effect of heavily diluted fluorine in the precursor gas mixture is investigated by evaluating the modifications in the nanotube structure and the electronic properties upon plasma treatment. The existence of oxygen-based grafted species is associated with background oxygen species present in the plasma chamber in addition to fluorine. The thermal stability and desorption process of the fluorine species grafted on the carbon nanotubes during the fluorine plasma treatment were evaluated by combining different spectroscopic techniques.

SUBMITTER: Struzzi C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685895 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: functionalization and thermal stability.

Struzzi Claudia C Scardamaglia Mattia M Hemberg Axel A Petaccia Luca L Colomer Jean-François JF Snyders Rony R Bittencourt Carla C

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20151201

Grafting of fluorine species on carbon nanostructures has attracted interest due to the effective modification of physical and chemical properties of the starting materials. Various techniques have been employed to achieve a controlled fluorination yield; however, the effect of contaminants is rarely discussed, although they are often present. In the present work, the fluorination of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes was performed using plasma treatment in a magnetron sputtering ch ...[more]

PMID: 26734518

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Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: functionalization and thermal stability.

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Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: functionalization and thermal stability.

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