Matchstick-like carbon nanotube synthesis and structure
Source abstract
Abstract
Matchstick-like carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been synthesized by catalytic pyrolysis of thiophene, using a mixture of cobalt nitrate and calcium nitrate as a catalyst. The nanotubes thus grown are aligned, straight, and short, and have spherical heads at their tips. High resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy results indicate that the spherical heads of the matchstick-like CNTs are crystalline Co9S8 nanoparticles and the CNTs have herringbone-type graphite structure. The effect of temperature on the formation of the matchstick-like CNTs has been investigated. A simple growth model is proposed to describe the growth process of the matchstick-like CNTs.
Source: openaire · Quality: candidate unverified · Source record ↗
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Graphene research and applications · Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (21)
Show source-provided references
1. J. Gavillet, A. Loiseau, C. Journet, F. Willaime, F. Ducastelle, J.C. Charlier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 8727, 275504 (2001)10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.275504 ↗
2. S. Iijima, T. Ichihashi, Nature 363, 603 (1993)10.1038/363603a0 ↗
3. D.S. Bethune, C.H. Klang, M.S. De Vries, G. Gorman, R. Savoy, J. Vazquez, R. Beyers, Nature 363, 605 (1993)10.1038/363605a0 ↗
4. N.M. Rodriguez, A. Chambers, R.T.K. Baker, Langmuir 11, 3862 (1995)10.1021/la00010a042 ↗
5. M. Endo, Y.A. Kim, T. Hayashi, Y. Fukai, K. Oshida, M. Terrones, T. Yanagisawa, S. Higaki, M.S. Dresselhaus, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1267 (2002)10.1063/1.1450264 ↗
6. K. Nakada, M. Fujita, G. Dresselhaus, M.S. Dresselhaus, Phys. Rev. B 54, 17954 (1996)10.1103/PhysRevB.54.17954 ↗
7. J.W. Jang, C.E. Lee, C.I. Oh, C.J. Lee, J. Appl. Phys. 98, 074316 (2005)10.1063/1.2076433 ↗
8. H. Terrones, T. Hayashi, M. Muñoz-Navia, M. Terrones, Y.A. Kim, N. Grobert, R. Kamalakaran, J. Dorantes-Dávila, R. Escudero, M.S. Dresselhaus, M. Endo, Chem. Phys. Lett. 343, 241 (2001)10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00718-7 ↗
9. W.C. Ren, H.M. Cheng, Carbon 41, 1645 (2002)
10. H.J. Dai, J.H. Hafner, A.G. Ringler, D.T. Colbert, R.E. Smalley, Nature 384, 147 (1996)10.1038/384147a0 ↗
11. Z. Deng, E. Yenilmez, J. Leu, J.E. Hoffman, E.W.J. Straver, H. Dai, K.A. Molar, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 6263 (2004)10.1063/1.1842374 ↗
12. N. Yoshida, M. Yasutake, T. Arie, S. Akita, Y. Nakayama, Japan. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 5013 (2002)10.1143/JJAP.41.5013 ↗
13. J.R. Rostrup-Nielsen, J. Catal. 85, 31 (1984)10.1016/0021-9517(84)90107-6 ↗
14. M.S. Kim, N.M. Rodriguez, R.T.K. Baker, J. Catal. 143, 449 (1993)10.1006/jcat.1993.1289 ↗
15. A. Oberlin, Carbon 22, 521 (1984)10.1016/0008-6223(84)90086-1 ↗
16. X. Bourrat, A. Oberlin, J.C. Escaluer, Fuel 542, 521 (1987)
17. H.M. Cheng, F. Li, G. Su, H.Y. Pan, L.L. He, X. Sun, M.S. Dresselhaus, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 3282 (1998)10.1063/1.121624 ↗
18. A. Barreiro, C. Kramberger, M.H. Rummeli, A. Gruneis, D. Grimm, S. Hampel, T. Gemming, B. Buchner, A. Bachtold, T. Pichler, Carbon 45, 55 (2007)10.1016/j.carbon.2006.08.013 ↗
19. S. Bandow, S. Asaka, Y. Saito, A.M. Rao, L. Grigorian, E. Richter, P.C. Eklund, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3779 (1998)10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3779 ↗
20. C.J. Lee, J. Park, Y. Huh, J.Y. Lee, Chem. Phys. Lett. 343, 33 (2001)10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00680-7 ↗
21. M. Okai, T. Muneyoshi, T. Yaguchi, S. Sasaki, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3468 (2000)10.1063/1.1317534 ↗