Acid-functionalized carbon nanotubes have been decorated with rhodium nanospheres using aluminum as a sacrificial substrate. Vijayamohanan Pillai and co-workers from the National Chemical Laboratory, in India, have discovered that the resulting heterostructure has a remarkable field emission than compared to smaller values that are obtained for the nanospheres and carbon nanotubes separately. It is hoped that this material may help towards the development of futuristic field emission devices.
Want to read more? Why not take a look at the article today, published in Chemical Communications, it is free to access until the 17th September.
