title: Quantitative evaluation of Coulombic interactions in the oriented-attachment growth of nanotubes.
abstract: The Coulombic interaction in the oriented attachment growth of one-dimensional nanotubes is evaluated via a newly-derived analytical expression of the Coulombic interactions between a spherical attaching nanoparticle and a growing nanotube. The correlation between the interaction and the important growth parameters, including nanoparticle/nanotube size, aspect ratio, and nanoparticle-nanotube separation has been analyzed. Our work provides, for the first time, an efficient platform to investigate the growth kinetics and mechanisms of oriented attachment growth of nanotubes.
authors.affiliation: School of Energy Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, PR China. weidong.he@uestc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yuqian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kechun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dickerson