Issue 26, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Selective visualization of point defects in carbon nanotubes at the atomic scale by an electron-donating molecular tip†

Tomoaki Nishino,*ab   Satoshi Kanatac  and  Yoshio Umezawa*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Organization for the 21st Century, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
E-mail: t-nishino@21c.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81-72-254-8194
Tel: +81-72-254-8194

b PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

c Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan

d Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Musashino University, 1-1-20 Shinmachi, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 202-8585, Japan
E-mail: umezawa@musashino-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81-42-468-9292
Tel: +81-42-468-9292

Abstract

Electron-donating molecular tips were used for the observation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Defects in SWNTs were selectively visualized at the atomic scale on the basis of charge-transfer interaction with the molecular tip.

Graphical abstract: Selective visualization of point defects in carbon nanotubes at the atomic scale by an electron-donating molecular tip

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12045J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Apr 2011
Accepted
17 May 2011
First published
31 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 7467-7469

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Selective visualization of point defects in carbon nanotubes at the atomic scale by an electron-donating molecular tip

T. Nishino, S. Kanata and Y. Umezawa, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7467 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12045J

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