Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 1297-1308Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm9034402
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- Collaborative Research Grants, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [CityU5/CRF/08]
- City University of Hong Kong [7002353]
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It was found that hydrocarbon nanotubes (HCNTs) and nano-onions (HCNOs) (hereafter collectively referred to as HCNT(O)s) can be converted to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nano-onions (CNOs) (hereafter collectively referred to as CNT(O)s) upon prolonged sonication via hybrid CNT subset of HCNT and CNO subset of HCNO nanostructures as intermediates, respectively. These intermediate hybrid carbon nanostructures may thus be considered as snapshots in the transformation process. The morphologies and the characteristic properties of these carbon nanostructures a re reported. The formation of HCNT(O)s, and their Subsequent transformation from HCNT(O)s to the hybrid CNT(O)subset of HCNT(O) nanostructures, and ultimately to the conventional CNT(O)S, have been elucidated by recording the HRTEM images of the products as a function of sonication time and in different solvents. On the basis of these experimental results, detailed formation mechanism and transformation pathways of these carbon nanomaterials, as well as their interrelationships, are proposed. Structural models of the HCNTs and HCNOs are also proposed. Other peculiar phenomena and transformation processes of these nanomaterials are also described.
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