Molecular Encapsulation from the Liquid Phase and Graphene Nanoribbon Growth in Carbon Nanotubes

Cadena, Ana; Botka, Bea; Pekker, Áron; Tschannen, Cla Duri; Lombardo, Chiara; Novotny, Lukas; Khlobystov, Andrei N.; Kamarás, Katalin

Abstract

Growing graphene nanoribbons from small organic molecules encapsulated in carbon nanotubes can result in products with uniform width and chirality. We propose a method based on encapsulation of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene from the liquid phase and subsequent annealing. This procedure results in graphene nanoribbons several tens of nanometers long. The presence of nanoribbons was proven by Raman spectra both on macroscopic samples and on the nanoscale by tip-enhanced Raman scattering and high-resolution transmission electron microscopic images.

Citation

Cadena, A., Botka, B., Pekker, Á., Tschannen, C. D., Lombardo, C., Novotny, L., …Kamarás, K. (2022). Molecular Encapsulation from the Liquid Phase and Graphene Nanoribbon Growth in Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(41), 9752-9758. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02046

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 28, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2022
• Deposit Date: Nov 3, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 7, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
• Electronic ISSN: 1948-7185
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 41
• Pages: 9752-9758
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02046
• Keywords: General Materials Science; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/12329469
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02046