@article { ISI:000238030200026,
	title = {Electrochemical organization of monolayer protected gold nanoclusters on single-walled carbon nanotubes: significantly enhanced double layer capacitance},
	journal = {Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology},
	volume = {6},
	number = {5},
	year = {2006},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {1387-1391},
	publisher = {AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS},
	type = {Article},
	address = {25650 NORTH LEWIS WAY, STEVENSON RANCH, CA 91381-1439 USA},
	abstract = {<p>This paper reports a novel electrochemical route for anchoring monolayer protected gold nanoclusters (size 8 +/- 0.2 nm) on single-walled carbon nanotube bundles, resulting in the formation of hybrid materials. Monolayer protected gold nanoclusters prepared by modified Brust synthesis route were organized on SWNT bundles by cycling-the potential in dichloromethane between -1 to +1 V at a scan rate of 50 mV/s. Monolayer protected nanoclusters in electrolyte solutions possess ionic space charge around them (double layer charging), making them suitable for organization on nanotube bundles, by tuning the electrostatic interactions. More significantly, analysis of the double layer capacitance of these hybrid materials shows almost ten times increase in capacitance compared to that of bare SWNT bundles. We believe that these hybrid materials are potentially useful in nanoelectronics.</p>},
	keywords = {double layer capacitance, double layer charging, hybrid materials, monolayer protected gold nanoclusters, single-walled carbon nanotubes},
	issn = {1533-4880},
	doi = {10.1166/jnn.2006.323},
	author = {Mahima, Subhramanyam and Chaki, N. K. and Sharma, J. and Kakade, Bhalchandra A. and Pasricha, R. and Rao, A. M. and Vijayamohanan, K.}
}
