Evidence of diamond nanowires formed inside carbon nanotubes from diamantane dicarboxylic acid

Jinying Zhang, Zhen Zhu, Yanquan Feng, Hitoshi Ishiwata, Yasumitsu Miyata, Ryo Kitaura, Jeremy E.P. Dahl, Robert M.K. Carlson, Natalie A. Fokina, Peter R. Schreiner, David Tománek, Hisanori Shinohara*

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Abstract

Carbon is a girl′s best friend: Carbon-based nanowires have been produced during thermal annealing of diamantane-4,9-dicarboxylic acid in carbon nanotubes under hydrogen atmosphere (see scheme). HR-TEM images, Raman spectra, and structural transformations observed under an intense electron beam suggest that the as-produced carbon-based nanowires are sp3 diamond nanowires, consistent with our computational results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3717-3721
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2013

Keywords

  • carbon
  • carbon nanotubes
  • diamond nanowires
  • diamondoids
  • diamonds

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