ArticleNanoscale advances2024
Creating covalent bonds between Cu and C at the interface of metal/open-ended carbon nanotubes.
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- Copper-hollow mesoporous polydopamine-polyacrylic acid nanoplatform enabling photoacoustic imaging-guided photothermal/chemodynamic therapy for osteosarcoma.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Adsorption and Aggregation Behavior of Si, Sn, and Cu Atoms on Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) According to Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The unique electrical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are highly desired in many technological applications. Unfortunately, in practice, the electrical conductivity of most CNTs and their assemblies has fallen short of expectations. One reason for this poor performance is that electrical resistance develops at the interface between carbon nanomaterials and metal surfaces when traditional metal-metal type contacts are employed. Here, a method for overcoming this resistance using covalent bond formation between open-ended CNTs and Cu surfaces is investigated experimentally and supported by theoretical calculations. The open-ended CNTs are vertically oriented compared to the substrate and have carboxylic functional groups that react with aminophenyl groups (linkers) grafted on metal surfaces. The covalent bond formation, crosslinking carboxylic and amine,
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