2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Visualization of geometric structure of carbon nanotubes by intermolecular tunneling microscopy
| Project/Area Number |
21750074
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Analytical chemistry
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| Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHINO Tomoaki Osaka Prefecture University, 21世紀科学研究機構, 講師 (80372415)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 走査型トンネル顕微鏡 / カーボンナノチューブ / 分子探針 / ナノ科学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Carbon nanotubes contain defects at the atomic scale in their graphene shells. It is shown that an electron-donating molecular tip can selectively detect such atomic defects by preferential electron tunneling between the tip molecule and defect.
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