A bending angle of 180° of single walled carbon nanotubes:: novel high resolution electron microscopy observations

被引：3

作者：

El-Hami, K ^{[1
]}

Rühle, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Metallforsch, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany

来源：

SYNTHETIC METALS | 2003年 / 132卷 / 02期

关键词：

single walled carbon nanotubes; HREM; bending angles;

D O I：

10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00173-X

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Direct high resolution transmission electron microscopy images (HREM) showed the high flexibility of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) without load. Bending angle of approximately 180degrees was shown, in which no visible nanotube distortion was revealed. "Unbent" SWCNT persisted in HREM image. Bending SWCNT in 180degrees indicated an interesting network at the bottom of the bent region. The new morphology image showing bent and unbent SWCNT bundles may provide interesting mechanical and electronic properties and structural characteristics. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：123 / 124

页数：2

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