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Fractals in carbon nanotube buckypapers

Chunyong Zhang,*a  Haiyan Cui,a  Zhenzhu He,a  Lin Sub  and  Degang Fub 
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a Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China

b State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
E-mail: zhangchy@njau.edu.cn
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Abstract

Here, the fractal properties of buckypapers (BPs) have been initially studied by SEM imaging at different scales, as well as by low-pressure nitrogen adsorption analysis. The BPs under investigation are composed of either single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). Fractal analysis of either film morphology or adsorption isotherm shows that the fractal dimension of SWNT-BPs is higher than that of the MWNT-BPs. As a result, such difference offers a new and important explanation for their differing adsorption capabilities during decontamination processes.

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The article was received on 07 Nov 2015, accepted on 13 Jan 2016 and first published on 15 Jan 2016


Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA23465D
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Citation: RSC Adv., 2016,6, 8639-8643
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    Fractals in carbon nanotube buckypapers

    C. Zhang, H. Cui, Z. He, L. Su and D. Fu, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 8639
    DOI: 10.1039/C5RA23465D

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