Nucleation of graphene and its conversion to single-walled carbon nanotubes. Academic Article

abstract

• We use an environmental transmission electron microscope to record atomic-scale movies showing how carbon atoms assemble together on a catalyst nanoparticle to form a graphene sheet that progressively lifts-off to convert into a nanotube. Time-resolved observations combined with theoretical calculations confirm that some nanoparticle facets act like a vice-grip for graphene, offering anchoring sites, while other facets allow the graphene to lift-off, which is the essential step to convert into a nanotube.

authors

• Balbuena, Perla

published proceedings

• Nano Lett

altmetric score

• 24.368

author list (cited authors)

• Picher, M., Lin, P. A., Gomez-Ballesteros, J. L., Balbuena, P. B., & Sharma, R.

citation count

• 52

complete list of authors

• Picher, Matthieu||Lin, Pin Ann||Gomez-Ballesteros, Jose L||Balbuena, Perla B||Sharma, Renu

publication date

• November 2014

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology  Journal

keywords

• Atomic Scale Observation
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Graphene
• Nucleation Mechanism

PubMed Central ID

• 25329750

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/nl501977b

start page

• 6104

end page

• 6108

volume

• 14

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl501977b