Coating curly carbon nanotubes with monocrystalline Zn(BO2)2 and the mechanism of straightening the tubes

Jinzhang Liu; Pengxun Yan; Guanghui Yue

doi:10.1007/s11433-006-0377-8

Coating curly carbon nanotubes with monocrystalline Zn(BO₂)₂ and the mechanism of straightening the tubes

Jinzhang Liu^*
, Pengxun Yan
, Guanghui Yue

^*Corresponding author for this work

Lanzhou University

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Abstract

We overgrew single-crystalline Zn(BO₂)₂ coatings on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the first time. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analyses revealed that the carbon nanotube-zinc borate composite rods are from tens to hundreds of nm in diameter. It is notable that the original curly tubes were straightened by the monocrystalline coatings. In addition, the crystal nucleation and growth on the surface of CNT were explained. We set a two-dimensional model, which is based on our experimental result, to qualitatively explain the mechanism of straightening the curly tubes by coating them with single-crystals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-384
Number of pages	8
Journal	Science in China, Series G: Physics Astronomy
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-006-0377-8
State	Published - Jun 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Single crystal
Supercooling
Zinc borate

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Coating curly carbon nanotubes with monocrystalline Zn(BO₂)₂ and the mechanism of straightening the tubes

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