Role of lattice registry in the full collapse and twist formation of carbon nanotubes
- 14 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 70 (16), 161402
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.70.161402
Abstract
The effect of interlayer lattice registry on the formation of fully collapsed single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) was studied via atomistic simulation. It was found that a fully collapsed SWCNT could adopt various structural morphologies, such as a straight ribbon, a warping ribbon, or even a twisted ribbon. Such structural formations depended on the degree of commensurance between the lattice structures of the adhering layers in a collapsed SWCNT, thus the chirality of the SWCNT. The modeling result was further corroborated with a simple analysis of the system energy difference among graphitic double layer structures with different interlayer lattice registry, and with the experimental observation of freestanding, twisted, and collapsed nanotubes.Keywords
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Self-Assembly of Ordered, Robust, Three-Dimensional Gold Nanocrystal/Silica ArraysScience, 2004
- Single-Crystal Nanorings Formed by Epitaxial Self-Coiling of Polar NanobeltsScience, 2004
- Large-Scale Hierarchical Organization of Nanowire Arrays for Integrated NanosystemsNano Letters, 2003
- Langmuir−Blodgett Silver Nanowire Monolayers for Molecular Sensing Using Surface-Enhanced Raman SpectroscopyNano Letters, 2003
- Structure and mechanical flexibility of carbon nanotube ribbons: An atomic-force microscopy studyJournal of Applied Physics, 2001
- Surfactant-Mediated Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Colloidal CrystalsScience, 1999
- Ring Formation in Single-Wall Carbon NanotubesThe Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 1999
- Deformation of carbon nanotubes by surface van der Waals forcesPhysical Review B, 1998
- Fullerene 'crop circles'Nature, 1997
- Fully collapsed carbon nanotubesNature, 1995