RESEARCH ARTICLE
Imaging Wet Individual Single Walled Carbon Nanotube at Atomic Level
K. El-Hami1, 2, *, K. Matsushige2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 134
Last Page: 136
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-2-134
DOI: 10.2174/1874836800802010134
Article History:
Received Date: 7/06/2007Revision Received Date: 24/06/2008
Acceptance Date: 11/07/2008
Electronic publication date: 29/7/2008
Collection year: 2008
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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.