In situ transmission electron microscopy of individual carbon nanotetrahedron/nanoribbon structures in Joule heating

Journal Article · Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894003· OSTI ID:22310969

Masuda, Yusuke ^[1]; Yoshida, Hideto; Takeda, Seiji ^[2]; Kohno, Hideo ^[3]

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1. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
2. The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
3. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kami, Kochi 782-8502 (Japan)

Collapse of a carbon nanotube results in the formation of a nanoribbon, and a switching of the collapse direction yields a nanotetrahedron in the middle of a nanoribbon. Here, we report in-situ transmission electron microscopy observations of the behavior of carbon nanotetrahedron/nanoribbon structures during Joule heating to reveal their thermal stability. In addition, we propose that the observed process is related to the formation process of the structure.

• OSTI ID: 22310969
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 8; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
CARBON NANOTUBES
JOULE HEATING
NANOSTRUCTURES
STABILITY
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY