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Covalently attached multilayer self-assemblies of single-walled carbon nanotubols and diazoresins

Jiahua Shi1,2, Yujun Qin1,4, Hongxia Luo1, Zhi-Xin Guo1, Hyung-Suk Woo3 and Dong-Kyu Park3

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Layer-by-layer (LBL) multilayer films have been constructed from multiple hydroxyl group directly modified single-walled carbon nanotubes (single-walled carbon nanotubols, SWNTols) and light-sensitive diazoresin (DR). Ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) absorbance spectra confirm that the alternate assemblies of SWNTols and DR result in uniform film growth. Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the films show that the main driving force for DR/SWNTol assembly is attributed to hydrogen bond attractions rather than electrostatic interactions. Upon UV irradiation, the hydrogen bonds of the multilayer films transform into covalent bonds, which significantly improves the stability of the DR/SWNTol multilayer films towards etching by polar solvent. Atomic force and scanning electron microscopies (AFM and SEM) indicate high structural homogeneity of the assembled composite films.


PACS

81.16.Dn Self-assembly

78.40.-q Absorption and reflection spectra: visible and ultraviolet

78.30.-j Infrared and Raman spectra

78.66.Sq Composite materials

78.67.Pt Multilayers; superlattices

78.67.Ch Nanotubes

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 36 (12 September 2007)

Received 18 June 2007

Published 10 August 2007



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