title: A family of carbon-based nanocomposite tubular structures created by in situ electron beam irradiation.
abstract: We report a unique approach for the fabrication of a family of curling tubular nanostructures rapidly created by a rolling up of carbon membranes under in situ TEM electron beam irradiation. Multiwall tubes can also be created if irradiation by electron beam is performed long enough. This general approach can be extended to curve the conductive carbon film loaded with various functional nanomaterials, such as nanocrystals, nanorods, nanowires, and nanosheets, providing a unique strategy to make composite tubular structures and composite materials by a combination of desired optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, which could find potential applications, including fluid transportation, encapsulation, and capillarity on the nanometer scale.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Feng-Jia
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Chuan-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu