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Super-“Amphiphobic” Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films
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The XPS survey spectra of ACNT film was shown in Figure 1 before treatment as discussed by the authors, showing that the film mainly consists of carbon accompanied by traces of nitrogen, oxygen and iron.Abstract:
1 XPS survey spectra of ACNT film was shown in Figure 1 before treatment. XPS results show that the ACNT film mainly consists of carbon accompanied by traces of nitrogen, oxygen and iron. Nitrogen and iron are generated during metal phthalocyanines decomposition (S. M. Huang, L. M. Dai, A. W. H. Mau, J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 4223.), while oxygen is considered to probably originate from the top-end of CNTs oxidized by air. (H. Ago, T. Kugler, F. Cacialli, W. R. Salaneck, M. S. P. Shaffer, A. H. Windle, R. H. Friend, J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 8116.)read more
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