| Literature DB >> 19260705 |
Abraham G Cano-Márquez1, Fernando J Rodríguez-Macías, Jessica Campos-Delgado, Claudia G Espinosa-González, Ferdinando Tristán-López, Daniel Ramírez-González, David A Cullen, David J Smith, Mauricio Terrones, Yadira I Vega-Cantú.
Abstract
We found that multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) can be opened longitudinally by intercalation of lithium and ammonia followed by exfoliation. Intercalation of open-ended tubes and exfoliation with acid treatment and abrupt heating provided the best results. The resulting material consists of: (i) multilayered flat graphitic structures (nanoribbons), (ii) partially open MWNTs, and (iii) graphene flakes. We called the completely unwrapped nanotubes ex-MWNTs, and their large number of edge atoms makes them attractive for many applications.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19260705 DOI: 10.1021/nl803585s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189