Coherent coexistence of nanodiamonds and carbon onions in icosahedral core-shell particles
- Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, nab. Makarova 2, Saint Petersburg 199034 (Russian Federation)
- School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX (United Kingdom)
In icosahedral carbon nanoparticles, the diamond-like core can undergo a reversible topological transition into and coexist coherently with the onion shells. The general approach for describing and designing complex hierarchical icosahedral structures is discussed. Structural models of icosahedral carbon nanoparticles in which the local arrangement of atoms is virtually identical to that in diamond are derived. It is shown that icosahedral diamond-like particles can be transformed into onion-like shell structures (and vice versa) by the consecutive smoothing (puckering) of atomic networks without disturbance of their topological integrity. The possibility of coherent coexistence of icosahedral diamond-like core with onion shells is shown.
- OSTI ID:
- 22347665
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of Crystallography, Vol. 63, Issue Pt 2; Other Information: PMCID: PMC2525862; PUBLISHER-ID: dm5003; PMID: 17301478; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2525862; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2007; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms described at http://journals.iucr.org/services/termsofuse.html.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0108-7673
- Country of Publication:
- Denmark
- Language:
- English
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