Formation of off-centered double-walled carbon nanotubes exhibiting wide interlayer spacing from bi-cables

Hiroyuki Muramatsu; Takuya Hayashi; Kim Yoong Ahm; Mauricio Terrones; Morinobu Endo

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2006.10.079

Formation of off-centered double-walled carbon nanotubes exhibiting wide interlayer spacing from bi-cables

Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Takuya Hayashi, Kim Yoong Ahm, Mauricio Terrones, Morinobu Endo

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Novel off-centered coaxial carbon nanotubes have been fabricated by coalescing adjacent double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) using high temperature heat treatments. The eccentric nanotubes possess wide interlayer spacing, and arise by the merge of two narrow diameter (inner) tubes contained inside a large diameter tubes (also known as bi-cables). We propose a complete description of the coalescence process including the merge of two DWNTs, followed by the formation of bi-cables and the creation of off-centered DWNTs. We also performed molecular dynamics calculations that are in agreement with the experimental observations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	240-244
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	432
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.10.079
State	Published - Dec 4 2006

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