Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis of PbI2Single-Layered Inorganic Nanotubes Encapsulated Within Carbon Nanotubes (Adv. Mater. 13/2014)

AbstractThe interesting physical and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have prompted the search for diverse inorganic nanotubes with different compositions to expand the number of available nanotechnology applications. Among these materials, crystalline inorganic nanotubes with well-defined structures and uniform sizes are suitable for understanding structure–activity relationships. However, their preparation comes with large synthetic challenges owing to their inherent complexity. Herein, we report the example of a crystalline nanotube array based on a supertetrahedral chalcogenide cluster, K3[K(Cu2Ge3Se9)(H2O)] (1). To the best of our knowledge, this nanotube array possesses the largest diameter of crystalline inorganic nanotubes reported to date and exhibits an excellent structure-dependent electric conductivity and an oriented photoconductive behavior. This work represents a significant breakthrough both in terms of the structure of cluster-based metal chalcogenides and in the conductivity of crystalline nanotube arrays (i.e., an enhancement of ~4 orders of magnitude).

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Gas-phase synthesis of inorganic fullerene-like structures and inorganic nanotubes

Open Chemistry ◽

10.2478/s11532-008-0043-2 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 373-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

F. Deepak ◽

Reshef Tenne

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Gas Phase ◽

Layered Compounds ◽

Synthetic Route ◽

Metal Chlorides ◽

Phase Synthesis ◽

Inorganic Nanotubes ◽

Gas Phase Synthesis ◽

Inorganic Fullerene ◽

Planar Form

AbstractFollowing the discovery of fullerenes (C60) and carbon nanotubes, it was shown that nanoparticles of inorganic layered compounds, like WS2 and MoS2, are unstable in the planar form and they form closed cage structures with polyhedral or nanotubular shapes. Although initially the method of synthesis for the formation of such closed caged structures and nanotubes involved starting from the respective oxides, it is now well established that the gas-phase synthetic route (using metal chlorides, carbonyls etc) provides an alternative which is suitable for the synthesis of very many closed caged structures and nanotubes hitherto unknown. Various issues with this method of synthesis, including its fundamentals, mechanism, and the properties of the inorganic fullerene-like structures produced are reviewed, together with some possible applications.

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An Unprecedented Chalcogenide-cluster-based Semiconducting Nanotube Array with Oriented Photoconductive Behavior

10.21203/rs.3.rs-151827/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jiaqi Tang ◽

Xiang Wang ◽

Jiaxu Zhang ◽

Jing Wang ◽

Wan-Jian Yin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Nanotube Arrays ◽

Metal Chalcogenides ◽

Physical And Chemical Properties ◽

Nanotube Array ◽

Inorganic Nanotubes ◽

Structure Activity ◽

Physical And Chemical ◽

And Chemical Properties

Abstract The interesting physical and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have prompted the search for diverse inorganic nanotubes with different compositions to expand the number of available nanotechnology applications. Among these materials, novel crystalline inorganic nanotubes with well-defined structures and uniform sizes are extremely suitable for understanding structure–activity relationships. However, their preparation comes with large synthetic challenges owing to their inherent complexity. Herein, we report the first example of a crystalline nanotube array based on a supertetrahedral chalcogenide cluster, K3[K(Cu2Ge3Se9)(H2O)] (1). To the best of our knowledge, this nanotube array possesses the largest diameter of crystalline inorganic nanotubes reported to date and exhibits an excellent structure-dependent electric conductivity and an oriented photoconductive behavior. This work represents a significant breakthrough both in terms of the structure of cluster-based metal chalcogenides and in the conductivity of crystalline nanotube arrays (i.e. an enhancement of ~ 4 orders of magnitude).

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Structural phenomena in the growth of carbon nanotubes

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100149581 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 750-751

Author(s):

Jun Jiao

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Growth Mechanism ◽

Carbonaceous Material ◽

Cluster Growth ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Rich Variety ◽

Different Shapes ◽

Point To Point

HREM studies of the carbonaceous material deposited on the cathode of a Huffman-Krätschmer arc reactor have shown a rich variety of multiple-walled nano-clusters of different shapes and forms. The preparation of the samples, as well as the variety of cluster shapes, including triangular, rhombohedral and pentagonal projections, are described elsewhere.The close registry imposed on the nanotubes, focuses attention on the cluster growth mechanism. The strict parallelism in the graphitic separation of the tube walls is maintained through changes of form and size, often leading to 180° turns, and accommodating neighboring clusters and defects. Iijima et. al. have proposed a growth scheme in terms of pentagonal and heptagonal defects and their combinations in a hexagonal graphitic matrix, the first bending the surface inward, and the second outward. We report here HREM observations that support Iijima’s suggestions, and add some new features that refine the interpretation of the growth mechanism. The structural elements of our observations are briefly summarized in the following four micrographs, taken in a Hitachi H-8100 TEM operating at an accelerating voltage of 200 kV and with a point-to-point resolution of 0.20 nm.

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