In situ observations of self-repairing single-walled carbon nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes are shown to have self-repairing capabilities exceeding that predicted by theory. Time-series aberration-corrected low-voltage transmission electron microscopy is used to study the defect dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes in situ. We confirm experimentally pre...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Boerrnert, F, Gorantla, S, Bachmatiuk, A, Warner, J, Ibrahim, I, Thomas, J, Gemming, T, Eckert, J, Cuniberti, G, Buechner, B, Ruemmeli, M
التنسيق: Journal article
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2010
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author Boerrnert, F
Gorantla, S
Bachmatiuk, A
Warner, J
Ibrahim, I
Thomas, J
Gemming, T
Eckert, J
Cuniberti, G
Buechner, B
Ruemmeli, M
author_facet Boerrnert, F
Gorantla, S
Bachmatiuk, A
Warner, J
Ibrahim, I
Thomas, J
Gemming, T
Eckert, J
Cuniberti, G
Buechner, B
Ruemmeli, M
author_sort Boerrnert, F
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description Single-walled carbon nanotubes are shown to have self-repairing capabilities exceeding that predicted by theory. Time-series aberration-corrected low-voltage transmission electron microscopy is used to study the defect dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes in situ. We confirm experimentally previous theoretical predictions for the agglomeration of adatoms forming protrusions and subsequent ejection. An explanation for the preferred destruction of smaller-diameter tubes is proposed. The complete healing of a ∼20 -atom multivacancy in a nanotube wall is shown while theory only predicts the healing of much smaller holes. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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spelling oxford-uuid:51e65b57-04cf-41ee-8b0d-a04f1aa9f0f62022-03-26T16:22:27ZIn situ observations of self-repairing single-walled carbon nanotubesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:51e65b57-04cf-41ee-8b0d-a04f1aa9f0f6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Boerrnert, FGorantla, SBachmatiuk, AWarner, JIbrahim, IThomas, JGemming, TEckert, JCuniberti, GBuechner, BRuemmeli, MSingle-walled carbon nanotubes are shown to have self-repairing capabilities exceeding that predicted by theory. Time-series aberration-corrected low-voltage transmission electron microscopy is used to study the defect dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes in situ. We confirm experimentally previous theoretical predictions for the agglomeration of adatoms forming protrusions and subsequent ejection. An explanation for the preferred destruction of smaller-diameter tubes is proposed. The complete healing of a ∼20 -atom multivacancy in a nanotube wall is shown while theory only predicts the healing of much smaller holes. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
spellingShingle Boerrnert, F
Gorantla, S
Bachmatiuk, A
Warner, J
Ibrahim, I
Thomas, J
Gemming, T
Eckert, J
Cuniberti, G
Buechner, B
Ruemmeli, M
In situ observations of self-repairing single-walled carbon nanotubes
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