Single-handed helical carbonaceous nanotubes prepared using a pair of cationic low molecular weight gelators
Highlights: • 3-aminophenol-formaldeyde resins were prepared through a templating method. • A pair of cationic gelators have been used as the templates. • Single-handed helical carbonaceous nanotubes were obtained after carbonization. • The carbonaceous nanotubes showed optical activity. - Abstract: We design a facile route to obtain enantiopure carbonaceous nanostructures, which have potential application as chiral sensors, electromagnetic wave absorbers, and asymmetric catalysts. A pair of cationic low molecular weight gelators was synthesized, which were able to self-assemble into twisted nanoribbons in ethanol at a concentration of 20 g L{sup −1} at 25 °C. Single-handed helical 3-aminophenol-formaldehyde resin nanotubes with optical activity were prepared using the self-assembly of the low molecular weight gelators as templates. After carbonization, single-handed helical carbonaceous nanotubes were obtained and characterized using circular dichroism, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The results indicate that the walls of the nanotubes are amorphous carbon. Moreover, the left- and right-handed helical nanotubes exhibit opposite optical activity.
- OSTI ID:
- 22581608
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 80; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CARBON
CARBONIZATION
CONCENTRATION RATIO
ETHANOL
FIELD EMISSION
FORMALDEHYDE
MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
NANOTUBES
OPTICAL ACTIVITY
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
RESINS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SENSORS
SOL-GEL PROCESS
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY DIFFRACTION