Direct correlation of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth with the atomic structure of rhenium nanocatalysts stimulated and imaged by the electron beam
(2018)
Journal Article
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
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 at... Read More about Direct correlation of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth with the atomic structure of rhenium nanocatalysts stimulated and imaged by the electron beam.