Ammonium Laurate Surfactant for Cleaner Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes

Nilsson, Hanna M.; Meany, Brendan; Ticey, Jeremy; Sun, Chuan-Fu; Wang, YuHuang; Cumings, John

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01175

Ammonium Laurate Surfactant for Cleaner Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Langmuir

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01175· OSTI ID:1386083

Nilsson, Hanna M. ^[1]; Meany, Brendan ^[1]; Ticey, Jeremy ^[1]; Sun, Chuan-Fu ^[1]; Wang, YuHuang ^[1]; Cumings, John ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Experiments probing the properties of individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and those measuring bulk composites show vastly different results. One major issue limiting the results is that the procedures required to separate and test CNTs introduce contamination that changes the properties of the CNT. These contamination residues often come from the resist used in lithographic processing and the surfactant used to suspend and deposit the CNTs, commonly sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Here we present ammonium laurate (AL), a surfactant that has previously not been used for this application, which differs from SDS only by substitution of ionic constituents but shows vastly cleaner depositions. In addition, we show that compared to SDS, AL-suspended CNTs have greater shelf stability and more selective dispersion. These results are verified using transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, ζ-potential measurements, and Raman and absorption optical spectroscopy. This surfactant is simple to prepare, and the nanotube solutions require minimal sonication and centrifugation in order to outperform SDS.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001160

OSTI ID:: 1386083

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1210790

Journal Information:: Langmuir, Journal Name: Langmuir Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 31; ISSN 0743-7463

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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