Thermal stability of functionalized carbon nanotubes studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy

Authors

Zhiping Luo, Texas A&M University
Aderemi Oki, Prairie View A and M University
Laura Carson, Prairie View A and M University
Luqman Adams, Prairie View A and M University
Gururaj Neelgund, Prairie View A and M University
Nathaniel Soboyejo, Prairie View A and M University
Gloria Regisford, Prairie View A and M University
Melisa Stewart, Prairie View A and M University
Kemar Hibbert, Prairie View A and M University
Gavannie Beharie, Prairie View A and M University
Cordella Kelly-Brown, Prairie View A and M University
Pasakorn Traisawatwong, Prairie View A and M University

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Chemical Physics Letters

Abstract

The thermal stability of functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been studied experimentally by direct in situ observations using a heating stage in a transmission electron microscope, from room temperature (RT) to about 1000 °C. It was found that the thermal stability of the functionalized CNTs was significantly reduced during the in situ heating process. Their average diameter dramatically expanded from RT to about 500 °C, and then tended to be stable until about 1000 °C. The X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis suggested that the diameter expansion was associated with coalescence of the carbon structure instead of deposition with additional foreign elements during the heating process. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

First Page

88

Last Page

93

DOI

10.1016/j.cplett.2011.07.072

Publication Date

9-6-2011

Recommended Citation

Luo, Z., Oki, A., Carson, L., Adams, L., Neelgund, G., Soboyejo, N., Regisford, G., Stewart, M., Hibbert, K., Beharie, G., Kelly-Brown, C., & Traisawatwong, P. (2011). Thermal stability of functionalized carbon nanotubes studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Chemical Physics Letters, 513 (1-3), 88-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2011.07.072