Fabrication and Field Emission Properties of Poly-CuTAPc Nanowires and Nanotubes

Feng Gu; Chorng Haur Sow; Guo Qin Xu; Siau Gek Ang

doi:10.1071/CH09233

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Fabrication and Field Emission Properties of Poly-CuTAPc Nanowires and Nanotubes

Feng Gu ^A , Chorng Haur Sow ^B , Guo Qin Xu ^A and Siau Gek Ang ^A ^C

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^A Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore.

^B Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542, Singapore.

^C Corresponding author. Email: chmangsg@nus.edu.sg

Australian Journal of Chemistry 62(9) 1007-1013 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH09233
Submitted: 22 April 2009 Accepted: 11 May 2009 Published: 17 September 2009

Abstract

Poly-copper tetraaminophthalocyanine (CuTAPc) nanowires and nanotubes were successfully fabricated on porous anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) templates by electropolymerization and characterized. The product of electropolymerization, whether as nanowires or nanotubes, is a function of the monomer concentration and template pore size. The morphology and field emission properties of these nanostructures were studied for investigation of potential application as field emitters. They show interesting turn-on field, maximum current density and enhancement factor, comparable to many other organic nanomaterials.

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