X-ray nanocrystallography of individual carbon nanotubes.
By numerical simulations, we show that with the next-generation synchrotron sources one should be able to record within minutes an X-ray diffraction pattern of a single nanotube and from it decipher its detailed atomic structure. In calculated diffractograms we can even discern signatures of presence of a single adatom and locate its position. New synchrotrons will allow the existing method of electron nanocrystallography to be undertaken using X-ray beams, thus facilitating in situ environmental studies.
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
Natasha
N
Bozovic
Ivan
I
Bozovic
James
J
Misewich