Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Quantitative evaluation of Coulombic interactions in the oriented-attachment growth of nanotubes

  • Yuqian Zhang
  • , Weidong He*
  • , Kechun Wen
  • , Xiaoning Wang
  • , Hongliang Lu
  • , Xiao Lin
  • , James H. Dickerson
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

The Coulombic interaction in the oriented attachment growth of one-dimensional nanotubes is evaluated via a newly-derived analytical expression of the Coulombic interactions between a spherical attaching nanoparticle and a growing nanotube. The correlation between the interaction and the important growth parameters, including nanoparticle/nanotube size, aspect ratio, and nanoparticle-nanotube separation has been analyzed. Our work provides, for the first time, an efficient platform to investigate the growth kinetics and mechanisms of oriented attachment growth of nanotubes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)371-374
Number of pages4
JournalAnalyst
Volume139
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Dec 2013
Externally publishedYes

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Quantitative evaluation of Coulombic interactions in the oriented-attachment growth of nanotubes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this