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On the merits of Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis to asses carbon nanotube structural modifications

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Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy are used to assess structural changes generated on the surface of multi-walled (MWCNTs) and single-walled (SWCNTs) carbon nanotubes. Different levels of structural modifications are generated by the use of acidic oxidative treatments. It is found that Raman spectroscopy is a very powerful technique to assess structural modification of SWCNTs with initial low defect concentration. For MWCNTs grown by chemical vapor deposition, which already contain a high density of structural defects in their as-produced state, Raman spectroscopy is not a very sensitive tool to detect the generation of further defects or other structural modifications introduced through acidic treatments. For this later case, TGA is a sensitive technique to assess structural modifications on the nanotubes.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by CONACYT project number 79609 of Dr. Avilés. R.S. thanks the Dr.-Helmut-Kraft-foundation and their administration GIZ GmbH for a fellowship that allowed his research stay at CICY Mexico. A.B. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and the BMBF. M.H.R. thanks the EU (ECEMP) and the Freistaat Sachsen. We are very grateful to Alejandro May Pat, Rossana F. Vargas-Coronado, and Daniella Pacheco (all from CICY) for their technical assistance, as well as to Dr. Iván González (CICY) for the Raman facilities.

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Schönfelder, R., Avilés, F., Bachmatiuk, A. et al. On the merits of Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis to asses carbon nanotube structural modifications. Appl. Phys. A 106, 843–852 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-6787-8

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