1. A Simulation of the Effect of External and Internal Parameters on the Synthesis of a Carbyne with More than 6000 Atoms for Emerging Continuously Tunable Energy Barriers in CNT-Based Transistors
- Author
-
Chi Ho Wong, Yan Ming Yeung, Xin Zhao, Wing Cheung Law, Chak Yin Tang, Chee Leung Mak, Chi Wah Leung, Lei Shi, and Rolf Lortz
- Subjects
carbyne ,carbon nanotube ,Monte Carlo simulations ,General Chemical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Abstract
Transistors made up of carbon nanotube CNT have demonstrated excellent current–voltage characteristics which outperform some high-grade silicon-based transistors. A continuously tunable energy barrier across semiconductor interfaces is desired to make the CNT-based transistors more robust. Despite that the direct band gap of the carbyne inside a CNT can be widely tuned by strain, the size of the carbyne cannot be controlled easily. The production of a monoatomic chain with more than 6000 carbon atoms is an enormous technological challenge. To predict the optimal chain length of a carbyne in different molecular environments, we have developed a Monte Carlo model in which a finite-length carbyne with a size of 4000–15,000 atoms is encapsulated by a CNT at finite temperatures. Our simulation shows that the stability of the carbyne@nanotube is strongly influenced by the nature and porosity of the CNT, the external pressure, the temperature, and the chain length. We have observed an initiation of the chain-breaking process in a compressed carbyne@nanotube. Our work provides much-needed input for optimizing the carbyne length to produce carbon chains much longer than 6000 atoms at ~300 K. Design rules are proposed for synthesizing ~1% strained carbyne@(6,5)CNT as a component in CNT-based transistors to tune the energy barriers continuously.
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF