Fluorination of Carbon Nanotubes in Glow Discharge

People

Natalie Plank, Rebecca Cheung

Project

We have developed a reliable method of attaching fluorine to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), by exposing the SWNTs to a CF4 plasma.

X-ray photoelectron spectra of unexposed and plasma-exposed SWNTs showing the existence of C-F bonding after plasma exposure

Raman spectra of un-exposed and plasma-exposed SWNTs showing subtle changes in the D to G band

TEM image of the un-exposed SWNTs

TEM image of the plasma-exposed SWNTs

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