@article{5026992f2a6041f9a669d80d40e9b48d,
title = "Fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: from CF4 plasma chemistry to surface functionalization",
abstract = "The surface chemistry of plasma fluorinated vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (vCNT) is correlated to the CF4 plasma chemical composition. The results obtained via FTIR and mass spectrometry are combined with the XPS and Raman analysis of the sample surface showing the dependence on different plasma parameters (power, time and distance from the plasma region) on the resulting fluorination. Photoemission and absorption spectroscopies are used to investigate the evolution of the electronic properties as a function of the fluorine content at the vCNT surface. The samples suffer a limited ageing effect, with a small loss of fluorine functionalities after two weeks in ambient conditions.",
keywords = "carbon nanotubes, CF4 plasma, fluorination, plasma chemistry, surface chemistry, Surface chemistry, Carbon nanotubes, Fluorination, CF plasma, Plasma chemistry",
author = "Claudia Struzzi and Mattia Scardamaglia and Jean-Fran{\c c}ois Colomer and Alberto Verdini and Luca Floreano and Rony Snyders and Carla Bittencourt",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) under the FRFC contract “CHEMOGRAPHENE” (convention no. 2.4577.11). CS is grateful to the “Fonds pour la Formation {\`a} la Recherche dans l{\textquoteright}Industrie et dans l{\textquoteright}Agriculture” (F.R.I.A.) for the doctoral fellowship. MS is FRS-FNRS post-doctoral researcher, J-FC and CB are researcher associates at the FRS-FNRS. Authors acknowledge S. Ligot for the technical assistance during FTIR measurements and Y. Paint for SEM. This research was also supported by a Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme “NanoCF” (grant agreement number: PIRSES-GA-2013-612577). The project FITTED-FNRS (J 0230.17) is also acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Struzzi et al. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "21",
doi = "10.3762/bjnano.8.173",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "1723 -- 1733",
journal = "Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology",
issn = "2190-4286",
publisher = "Beilstein-Institut Zur Forderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften",
number = "1",
}