Creating the narrowest carbon nanotubes

L. F. Sun, S. S. Xie (), W. Liu, W. Y. Zhou, Z. Q. Liu, D. S. Tang, G. Wang and L. X. Qian
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L. F. Sun: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
S. S. Xie: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
W. Liu: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
W. Y. Zhou: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Z. Q. Liu: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
D. S. Tang: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
G. Wang: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
L. X. Qian: Institute of Physics, Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6768, 384-384

Abstract: Abstract The properties of carbon nanotubes1 depend on their diameter and on the two integers (m,n) that describe their roll-up vector2. The smallest nanotube reported previously had a diameter of 0.7 nm, the same as that of a C60 structure3, although nanotubes with a diameter of 0.4 nm have been predicted4. Here we report that simple improvements in the electric-arc technique can create a carbon nanotube with a diameter of 0.5 nm — the same as a C36 molecule5.

Date: 2000
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