Gas adsorption on carbon nanotubes

1. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

1. Discovered in 1993 by S. Iijima

2. Single layer graphene sheet wrapped into a tubule and capped by half fullerenes

3. Diameter ~ 1nm

4. Length - up to several microns

5. Form carbon nanotube bundles consisting, typically,  30 to 100 tubes

2. Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

2. Several coaxial tubes (in russian doll configuration)

3. Outer Diameter - ~2.5 - 30 nm

4. Length - from several nanometers up to several micrometers

3. Potential sites available for gas adsorption on single-walled carbon nanotube bundles

4. Possible adsorption phases on single-walled carbon nanotube bundles

5. Articles - Gas Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes

- American Physical Society journals

1. Adsorption of methane on bundles of closed-ended single-wall carbon nanotubes - S. Talapatra and A. D. Migone, Physical Review B, Volume 65, 045416, 2002.

2. Binding energy and monolayer capacity of Xe on single-wall carbon nanotube bundles - A. J. Zambano, S. Talapatra, and A. D. Migone, Physical Review B, Volume 64 075415, 2001.

3. Existence of Novel Quasi-One-Dimensional Phases of Atoms Adsorbed on the Exterior Surface of Close-Ended Single Wall Nanotube Bundles - S. Talapatra and A. D. Migone, Physical Review Letters, Volume 87, 206106, 2001.

4. Higher Coverage Gas Adsorption on the Surface of Carbon Nanotubes: Evidence for a Possible New Phase in the Second Layer - S. Talapatra,V. Krungleviciute, and A. D. Migone, Physical Review Letters, Volume 89, 246106, 2002.

5. Gases Do Not Adsorb on the Interstitial Channels of Closed-Ended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles - S. Talapatra, A. Z. Zambano, S. E. Weber, and A. D. Migone, Physical Review Letters, Volume 85, 138, 2000.

6. Determination of the binding energy of methane on single-walled carbon nanotube bundles - S. E. Weber and S. Talapatra, C. Journet, A. Zambano and A. D. Migone, Physical Review B, Volume 61, 13150, 2000.

7. Effect of surface cleaning and functionalization of nanotubes on gas adsorption - D. S. Rawat, N. Taylor, S. Talapatra, S. K. Dhali, P. M. Ajayan, and A. D. Migone, Physical Review B, Volume 74, 113403, 2006.

8. Phases of ethane adsorbed on purified HiPco single-walled carbon nanotubes - Dinesh S. Rawat and Aldo D. Migone, Physical Review B, Volume 75, 195440, 2007.

- American Chemical Society journals

1. Isosteric Heat of Argon Adsorbed on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Prepared by Laser Ablation Krungleviciute, V.; Heroux, L.; Migone, A. D.; Kingston, C. T.; Simard, B. J. Phys. Chem. B.; 2005; 109(19); 9317-9320.

2. Gas Adsorption on HiPco Nanotubes: Surface Area Determinations, and Neon Second Layer Data Krungleviciute, V.; Heroux, L.; Talapatra, S.; Migone, A. D. Nano Lett.; 2004; 4(6); 1133-1137.  

3. Adsorption of Xenon on Purified HiPco Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Rawat, D. S.; Heroux, L.; Krungleviciute, V.; Migone, A. D. Langmuir; 2006; 22(1); 234-238.  

4. Equilibration Time: Kinetics of Gas Adsorption on Closed- and Open-Ended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Rawat, D. S.; Calbi, M. M.; Migone, A. D. J. Phys. Chem. C.; 2007; 111(35); 12980-12986.  

5. CF₄ on Carbon Nanotubes: Physisorption on Grooves and External Surfaces Heroux, L.; Krungleviciute, V.; Calbi, M. M.; Migone, A. D. J. Phys. Chem. B.; 2006; 110(25); 12597-12602.  

6. D. S. Rawat, T. Furuhashi and A. D. Migone, “Study of butane monolayer adsorbed on Single-walled carbon nanotubes”, accepted for publication in Langmuir

- American Scientific Publishers journals

1. Talapatra S, Rawat DS, Migone AD, Possible existence of a higher coverage quasi-one-dimensional phase of argon adsorbed on bundles of single-walled carbon, nanotubes, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2 (5): 467-470 OCT 2002.
 

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