Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes to T-carbon nanowires under picosecond laser irradiation in methanol

T-carbon is a previously predicted but so far unobserved allotrope of carbon, with a crystal structure similar to diamond, but with each atomic lattice position replaced by a carbon tetrahedron. Here, the authors produce T-carbon nanowires via laser-irradiating a suspension of carbon nanotubes in me...

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Main Authors: Jinying Zhang, Rui Wang, Xi Zhu, Aifei Pan, Chenxiao Han, Xin Li, Dan Zhao, Chuansheng Ma, Wenjun Wang, Haibin Su, Chunming Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00817-9