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A study on the influence of surface active agent molecules on the AFM scanning and imaging of SWCNTs

Ke Xu1,2, Cheng-dong Wu3, Hai-bo Yu1,2, Xiao-jun Tian1 and Zai-li Dong1

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The paper proposed a preprocessing method for scanning samples based on rinsing technology, and solved the effective fabrication problem of AFM scanning samples based on facilitated dispersing SWCNTs with SDS surface active agents. First, the ultrasonication oscillation method was applied, and the uniform alignment of SWCNTs in SDS was realized. Then, SDS solution of different concentrations was scanned and imaged with AFM, the influence of SDS solution on the imaging quality of SWCNTs was analyzed, and the method to effectively fabricate scanning samples after dispersing SWCNTs was found. The results of the experiments showed that the preprocessing of the SWCNTs solution scanning samples was the decisive factor to influence SWCNTs imaging quality, that the result of rinsing SWCNTs scanning samples for 5s at 0.1ml/s with di-ionized water was the best, and that with the same rinsing rate and angle, the rinsing di-ionized water quantity would influence the alignment degree of SWCNTs on the substrates and SDS macromolecules' residual quantity on SWCNTs scanning samples.


PACS

81.16.Ta Atom manipulation

82.70.-y Disperse systems; complex fluids

68.35.B- Structure of clean surfaces (and surface reconstruction)

68.37.Ps Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

61.46.Fg Nanotubes

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Chemical physics and physical chemistry

Dates

Issue 1 (2009)



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