| Title | Deposition and characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett films of cadmium arachidate/SWCNTs composites |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2006 |
| Authors | Antolini, F., Di Luccio Tiziana, Serra Emanuele, Aversa Patrizia, Tapfer Leander, and Sangiorgi S. |
| Journal | Surface and Interface Analysis |
| Volume | 38 |
| Pagination | 1285-1290 |
| ISSN | 01422421 |
| Keywords | Cadmium arachidate, Cadmium compounds, Carbon nanotubes, Deposition, Langmuir Blodgett films, Nanostructured materials, Phase interfaces, Scanning electron microscopy, X ray analysis, X-ray reflectivity (XRR) |
| Abstract | The incorporation of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in cadmium arachidate film by means of the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique was investigated as a function of arachidic acid/SWCNT mass ratio at the air/water interface and in Langmuir-Blodgett films. The behaviour at the air/water interface shows that SWCNTs act as an independent phase with respect to the cadmium arachidate. Deposition conditions are optimized when the weight ratio between the arachidic acid (AA) and SWCNTs is in the range 0.018:1 to 1:1. The general order of the LB multilayered structure was destroyed by the progressive density increase in SWCNT quantity as evidenced by X-ray reflectivity (XRR) analysis. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that when a multilayered structure was formed its layers consisted of SWCNT bundles stacked one over the other. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Notes | cited By 4 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33748929909&doi=10.1002%2fsia.2391&partnerID=40&md5=16606b63c5f6e0f5ff764597188921f3 |
| DOI | 10.1002/sia.2391 |
| Citation Key | Antolini20061285 |
