Diameter control of single-walled carbon nanotube forests from 1.3-3.0 nm by arc plasma deposition.
We present a method to both precisely and continuously control the average diameter of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a forest ranging from 1.3 to 3.0 nm with ~1 Å resolution. The diameter control of the forest was achieved through tuning of the catalyst state (size, density, and composition) using arc plasma deposition of nanoparticles. This 1.7 nm control range and 1 Å precision exceed the highest reports to date.
1] Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan [2].
Guohai
G
Chen
1] Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan [2].
Yasuaki
Y
Seki
1] Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan [2] Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.
Hiroe
H
Kimura
Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Shunsuke
S
Sakurai
Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Motoo
M
Yumura
1] Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan [2] Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan [3] Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
Kenji
K
Hata
Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Don N
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Futaba