Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol
Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes into one-dimensional carbon nanowires is a challenging but feasible path to obtain desired diameters and morphologies. Here, a previously predicted but experimentally unobserved carbon allotrope, T-carbon, has been produced from pseudo-topotactic conv...
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| author | Zhang, Jinying Wang, Rui Zhu, Xi Pan, Aifei Han, Chenxiao Li, Xin Dan Zhao Ma, Chuansheng Wang, Wenjun Su, Haibin Niu, Chunming |
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| description | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes into one-dimensional carbon nanowires is a challenging but feasible path to obtain desired diameters and morphologies. Here, a previously predicted but experimentally unobserved carbon allotrope, T-carbon, has been produced from pseudo-topotactic conversion of a multi-walled carbon nanotube suspension in methanol by picosecond pulsed-laser irradiation. The as-grown T-carbon nanowires have the same diameter distribution as pristine carbon nanotubes, and have been characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, fast Fourier transform, electron energy loss, ultraviolet–visible, and photoluminescence spectroscopies to possess a diamond-like lattice, where each carbon is replaced by a carbon tetrahedron, and a lattice constant of 7.80 Å. The change in entropy from carbon nanotubes to T-carbon reveals the phase transformation to be first order in nature. The computed electronic band structures and projected density of states are in good agreement with the optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra of the T-carbon nanowires. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/895302020-09-26T21:56:03Z Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol Zhang, Jinying Wang, Rui Zhu, Xi Pan, Aifei Han, Chenxiao Li, Xin Dan Zhao Ma, Chuansheng Wang, Wenjun Su, Haibin Niu, Chunming Institute of Advanced Studies Fourier Transform Transmission Electron Microscopy Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes into one-dimensional carbon nanowires is a challenging but feasible path to obtain desired diameters and morphologies. Here, a previously predicted but experimentally unobserved carbon allotrope, T-carbon, has been produced from pseudo-topotactic conversion of a multi-walled carbon nanotube suspension in methanol by picosecond pulsed-laser irradiation. The as-grown T-carbon nanowires have the same diameter distribution as pristine carbon nanotubes, and have been characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, fast Fourier transform, electron energy loss, ultraviolet–visible, and photoluminescence spectroscopies to possess a diamond-like lattice, where each carbon is replaced by a carbon tetrahedron, and a lattice constant of 7.80 Å. The change in entropy from carbon nanotubes to T-carbon reveals the phase transformation to be first order in nature. The computed electronic band structures and projected density of states are in good agreement with the optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra of the T-carbon nanowires. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Published version 2018-06-06T03:54:37Z 2019-12-06T17:27:46Z 2018-06-06T03:54:37Z 2019-12-06T17:27:46Z 2017 Journal Article Zhang, J., Wang, R., Zhu, X., Pan, A., Han, C., Li, X., et al. (2017). Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol. Nature Communications, 8(1), 683-. 2041-1723 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89530 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44968 10.1038/s41467-017-00817-9 en Nature Communications © 2017 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. 7 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Fourier Transform Transmission Electron Microscopy Zhang, Jinying Wang, Rui Zhu, Xi Pan, Aifei Han, Chenxiao Li, Xin Dan Zhao Ma, Chuansheng Wang, Wenjun Su, Haibin Niu, Chunming Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title_full | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title_fullStr | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title_short | Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| title_sort | pseudo topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to t carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol |
| topic | Fourier Transform Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89530 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44968 |
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