title: Shielding nanowires and nanotubes with imogolite: a route to nanocables.
abstract: The use of an imogolite (aluminosilicate) sheath to protect a conducting core consisting of a carbon nanotube (CNT) or nanowire from mechanical and chemical attacks is proposed. The cross-sectional structure of such a nanocable is shown in the figure. The most stable CNT@ imogolite nanocable is calculated to have a tube-tube distance of 2.8 Å and an insertion energy of ca. 60 meV per carbon atom.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Science Jacobs University Bremen Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen (Germany).
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuc
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Science Jacobs University Bremen Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen (Germany). t.heine@jacobs-university.de.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heine
keywords: aluminosilicates; carbon nanotubes; nanocables; nanoelectronics; nanowires