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

• Main Authors: Zhang, Jinying, Wang, Rui, Zhu, Xi, Pan, Aifei, Han, Chenxiao, Li, Xin, Dan Zhao, Ma, Chuansheng, Wang, Wenjun, Su, Haibin, Niu, Chunming
• Other Authors: Institute of Advanced Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Fourier Transform; Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89530; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44968
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pseudo-topotactic conversion of carbon nanotubes into one-dimensional carbon nanowires is a challenging but feasible path to obtain desired diameters and morphologies. Here, a previously predicted but experimentally unobserved carbon allotrope, T-carbon, has been produced from pseudo-topotactic conv...