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Differentiating Confined from Adsorbed Water in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes via Electronic Transport by Pashayev, Said; Lhermerout, Romain; Roblin, Christophe; Alibert, Eric; Jelinek, Remi; Izard, Nicolas; Jabbarov, Rasim; Henn, Francois; Noury, Adrien is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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In this article, we show that it is possible to differentiate between water adsorbed on the outside of a single-walled carbon nanotube and that confined inside. To this aim, we measured the electronic transport of a carbon nanotube based field effect transistor (CNTFET) constructed with an isolated single carbon nanotube subjected to controlled environments. More precisely, this distinction is made possible by observing the evolution of the transfer characteristic as a function of the electric field imposed by the gate voltage. It appears that the presence of water results in a displacement of the electrical neutrality point, corresponding to a charge transfer between the nanotube and its environment. Using this approach, we demonstrate the existence of 3 types of water molecules: (i) chemically adsorbed on the SiO\textsubscript{2} surface of the substrate, i.e., forming silanol groups; (ii) physically adsorbed outside next to the nanotube; and (iii) confined inside the nanotube. The first one can only be eliminated by high temperature treatment under vacuum, the second one desorbs in a moderate vacuum at room temperature, while the confined water can be removed at room temperature

Author

Pashayev, Said; Lhermerout, Romain; Roblin, Christophe; Alibert, Eric; Jelinek, Remi; Izard, Nicolas; Jabbarov, Rasim; Henn, Francois; Noury, Adrien

Published

2024

Language

EN