Defect-induced junctions between single- or double-wall carbon nanotubes and metal crystals

Nanoscale
Julio A Rodríguez-ManzoF Banhart

Abstract

Interfaces between the ends of single- or double-wall carbon nanotubes and metal crystals (Fe, Co, Pd, and Pt) are established by electron irradiation with nanometre precision at metal-nanotube contact areas. Calculations of the bonding energies at the metal-nanotube interfaces confirm that the formation of these covalent junctions is energetically favourable in the presence of a certain concentration of structural defects in the nanotubes. The process may be endothermic or exothermic in comparison with the unconnected configuration, but in either case atomic defects in carbon nanotubes are a necessary condition for joining them with metals.

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Sep 29, 2011·Nanoscale·G Seth Roberts, Pisith Singjai
Mar 13, 2012·Chemphyschem : a European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry·Julio A Rodríguez-ManzoFlorian Banhart
Aug 11, 2018·Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal·Imran KhanChenxu Wu
Apr 26, 2013·Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology·Antti Tolvanen, Karsten Albe
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