Highly Conductive, Transparent Flexible Films Based on Metal Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Composites

Figure 11

(a) Schematic illustration for cross-linking two CNTs by creating chemical bonding between thiol groups immobilized on the surface of AuNPs of different AuNP-CNTs. (b-c) TEM images of the assembly of AuNP-CNTs strands (reproduced with permission from [54], Copyright ©2011 American Chemical Society).

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