title: Fabrication and characterization of fully flattened carbon nanotubes: a new graphene nanoribbon analogue.
abstract: Graphene nanoribbons (GNR) are one of the most promising candidates for the fabrication of graphene-based nanoelectronic devices such as high mobility field effect transistors (FET). Here, we report a high-yield fabrication of a high quality another type of GNR analogue, fully flattened carbon nanotubes (flattened CNTs), using solution-phase extraction of inner tubes from large-diameter multi-wall CNTs (MWCNTs). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations show that flattened CNTs have width of typically 20 nm and a barbell-like cross section. Measurements of the low-bias conductance of isolated flattened CNTs as a function of gate voltage shows that the flattened CNTs display ambipolar conduction which is different from those of MWCNTs. The estimated gap based on temperature dependence of conductivity measurements of isolated flattened CNTs is 13.7 meV, which is probably caused by the modified electronic structure due to the flattening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Majima
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kitaura
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010316:Particle Size; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D006108:Graphite
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