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Direct correlation of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth with the atomic structure of rhenium nanocatalysts stimulated and imaged by the electron beam

Cao, Kecheng; Chamberlain, Thomas W.; Biskupek, Johannes; Zoberbier, Thilo; Kaiser, Ute; Khlobystov, Andrei N.

Authors

Kecheng Cao

Thomas W. Chamberlain

Johannes Biskupek

Thilo Zoberbier

Ute Kaiser



Abstract

Sub-nanometre Re clusters confined in a single-walled carbon nanotube are activated by the 80 keV electron beam to promote the catalytic growth of a new carbon nanotube. Transmission electron microscopy images the entire process step-by-step, with atomic resolution in real time, revealing details of the initial nucleation followed by a two-stage growth. The atomic dynamics of the Re cluster correlate strongly with the nanotube formation process, with the growth accelerating when the catalyst becomes more ordered. In addition to the nanotube growth catalysed by Re nanoclusters, individual atoms of Re released from the nanocluster play a role in the nanotube formation.

Citation

Cao, K., Chamberlain, T. W., Biskupek, J., Zoberbier, T., Kaiser, U., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2018). Direct correlation of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth with the atomic structure of rhenium nanocatalysts stimulated and imaged by the electron beam. Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02657

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 5, 2018
Online Publication Date Sep 5, 2018
Publication Date Sep 5, 2018
Deposit Date Oct 5, 2018
Publicly Available Date Sep 6, 2019
Journal Nano Letters
Print ISSN 1530-6984
Electronic ISSN 1530-6992
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02657
Keywords Mechanical Engineering; General Materials Science; Bioengineering; General Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1148413
Additional Information This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Nano Letters, copyright ©American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02657
Contract Date Oct 5, 2018

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