Boron-assisted coalescence of parallel multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Hiroyuki Muramatsu; Takuya Hayashi; Kazunori Fujisawa; Tomohiro Tojo; Yong Il Ko; Aaron Morelos-Gomez; Kap Seung Yang; Yoong Ahm Kim; Morinobu Endo; Mauricio Terrones; Mildred S. Dresselhaus

doi:10.1039/c3ra45394d

Boron-assisted coalescence of parallel multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Takuya Hayashi, Kazunori Fujisawa, Tomohiro Tojo, Yong Il Ko, Aaron Morelos-Gomez, Kap Seung Yang, Yoong Ahm Kim, Morinobu Endo, Mauricio Terrones, Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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Coalescing carbon nanotubes is a major challenge for designing structures with novel physical and chemical properties and for creating three-dimensional carbon networks with improved mechanical and transport properties. We have coalesced adjacent triple walled carbon nanotubes (TWNTs) covalently, using catalytic boron atoms at high temperatures. The two outermost and then the two inner nanotubes of adjacent TWNTs merged in order to create an enlarged flattened double-walled carbon nanotube which encapsulated the two innermost single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26266-26270
Number of pages	5
Journal	RSC Advances
Volume	3
Issue number	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra45394d
State	Published - Dec 28 2013

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