1. Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons Encapsulated in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.
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Alexandr V. Talyzin, Ilya V. Anoshkin, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, Risto M. Nieminen, Albert G. Nasibulin, Hua Jiang, and Esko I. Kauppinen
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GRAPHENE , *RIBBONS , *MICROENCAPSULATION , *CARBON nanotubes , *POLYMERIZATION , *POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons , *NANOELECTRONICS - Abstract
A novel material, graphene nanoribbons encapsulated in single-walled carbon nanotubes (GNR@SWNT), was synthesized using confined polymerization and fusion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. Formation of the GNR is possible due to confinement effects provided by the one-dimensional space inside nanotubes, which helps to align coronene or perylene molecules edge to edge to achieve dimerization and oligomerization of the molecules into long nanoribbons. Almost 100% filling of SWNT with GNR is achieved while nanoribbon length is limited only by the length of the encapsulating nanotube. The PAH fusion reaction provides a very simple and easily scalable method to synthesize GNR@SWNT in macroscopic amounts. First-principle simulations indicate that encapsulation of the GNRs is energetically favorable and that the electronic structure of the encapsulated GNRs is the same as for the free-standing ones, pointing to possible applications of the GNR@SWNT structures in photonics and nanoelectronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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