Controlled growth-reversal of catalytic carbon nanotubes under electron-beam irradiation.
Stolojan, V, Tison, Y, Chen, GY and Silva, R (2006) Controlled growth-reversal of catalytic carbon nanotubes under electron-beam irradiation. Nano Lett, 6 (9). pp. 1837-1841.
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Abstract
The growth of carbon nanotubes from Ni catalysts is reversed and observed in real time in a transmission electron microscope, at room temperature. The Ni catalyst is found to be Ni3C and remains attached to the nanotube throughout the irradiation sequence, indicating that C most likely diffuses on the surface of the catalyst to form nanotubes. We calculate the energy barrier for saturating the Ni3C (2-13) surface with C to be 0.14 eV, thus providing a low-energy surface for the formation of graphene planes.
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Divisions : | Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Electronic Engineering > Advanced Technology Institute > Nano-Electronics Centre | |||||||||||||||
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Date : | September 2006 | |||||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.1021/nl060709p | |||||||||||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords : | Catalysis, Computer Simulation, Crystallization, Electrons, Materials Testing, Models, Chemical, Models, Molecular, Molecular Conformation, Nanotechnology, Nanotubes, Carbon, Particle Size, Radiation Dosage, Surface Properties | |||||||||||||||
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Additional Information : | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Nano Letters, copyright ©2006 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher.To access the final edited and published work see <http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl060709p>. | |||||||||||||||
Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | |||||||||||||||
Date Deposited : | 03 Dec 2013 11:55 | |||||||||||||||
Last Modified : | 09 Jun 2014 13:50 | |||||||||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/745816 |
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