Surface functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with UV and vacuum UV photo-oxidation

Surface functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with UV and vacuum UV photo-oxidation - Journal of Adhesion Scinece and Technology, 20(16), p.1833-1846, 2006 .

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)were surface photo-oxidized at room temperature with UV (253.7 and 184.9 nm)and vacuum UV (VUV)(106.7 and 104.8 nm)radiation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)showed rapid UV photo-oxidation during the first hour of treatment and then an increase that was directly proportional to the time of treatment up to 4 h where the oxygen concentration was 7.5 at


MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
UV
PHOTO-OXIDATION
OXYGEN ATOMS
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