RESEARCH ARTICLE


Imaging Wet Individual Single Walled Carbon Nanotube at Atomic Level



K. El-Hami1, 2, *, K. Matsushige2
1 Université Hassan Premier, Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Khouribga, Morocco.
2 Deptartment of Electronic Science and Engineering, Int’tech Center, Kyoto University, Japan


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Abstract

Wet individual Single walled carbon nanotube was observed at an atomic level with high resolution. This observation was achieved in a liquid cell containing water using a modified non-contact mode atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) which, we believed, becomes the powerful tool for imaging nano-material in atomic scale. Consequently, the topography image showed many hexagons network of carbon atoms forming the outer surface of SWCNT. The analysis of the scanned SWCNT, by NC-AFM probe, revealed the presence of two sites of an armchair and zigzag structures.