Determine the Complete Configuration of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by One Photograph of Transmission Electron Microscopy.

ABSTRACT: Developing a convenient method to determine the complete structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is important to achieve the fully controlled growth of this nanomaterial. However, approaches that can identify handedness at the atomic level with simple equipment, operation, and data analysis are still lacking. Here, the SWNTs/graphene (Gr) vertical heterostructures are artificially constructed with aligned interfaces to realize the lattice interpretation of SWNT upper and lower walls separately by only one transmission electron microscopy image, thus transforming the 3D handedness information to projected 2D space. Gr displays prominent out-of-plane deformation at the interface, promoting the energetic advantage for the aligned interface construction. The interfacial alignment b

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10214254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature