Preconcentration of volatile organics on self-assembled, carbon nanotubes in a microtrap

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-15-2005

Abstract

This paper reports the self-assembly of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the inside wall of a steel capillary to fabricate a microtrap for the adsorption/desorption of trace organics. The microtrap functioned as a nanoconcentrator and an injector for gas chromatography (GC). The CNTs were deposited as a thin film by catalytic chemical vapor deposition from either CO or C2H4 as the precursor. The sorbent film synthesized from C2H4-CVD (CVD = chemical vapor deposition) had higher CNT density and thus was a stronger sorbent. In general, the CNT microtraps showed high-capacity adsorption and fast quantitative desorption, and the process showed excellent precision. This study demonstrates that CNT films can be deposited quite easily in a steel capillary for use in different analytical applications, and CNT films can perform as efficiently as packed-bed carbon sorbents.

Identifier

13844316755 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Analytical Chemistry

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0487101

ISSN

00032700

First Page

1183

Last Page

1187

Issue

4

Volume

77

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