Generating Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Across a Large Surface Area via Patterning Self-Assembled Catalyst-Containing Block Copolymer Thin Films
- 13 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 110 (22), 10585-10589
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp061422j
Abstract
Using self-assembled block copolymers as templates, catalytically active nanostructures with controlled size and space have been produced. A self-assembled polystyrene-b-polyferrocenylsilane thin film and monolayer of surface micelles of cobalt-complexed polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) are fully compatible with novolac-based conventional photoresists. Combining bottom-up self-assembly of catalyst-containing block copolymers with top-down microfabrication processing, plateaus covered with arrays of catalytically active nanostructures have been generated. Spatially selective growth of suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes over a large surface area has been achieved. Greatly enhanced Raman signals have been detected from the suspended tubes. This facile method of creating highly ordered catalyst nanostructures on top of posts enables the rational synthesis of suspended carbon nanotubes, thus facilitating the study of CNT properties by optical methods and enabling the fabrication of devices based on suspended CNTs.Keywords
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