New direction in nanotube science

By Mauricio Terrones, A. Jorio, Morinobu Endo, Apparao M. Rao, Y. Kim, T. Hayashi, H. Terrones, Jean-Christophe Charlier, G. Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Dresselhaus. 2004

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We review the latest advances in the production and state-of-the art characterization of B- and N-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers. We briefly discuss different approaches to producing these novel doped nano-systems. The use of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), Raman spectroscopy, and allied techniques to characterize these doped systems is reviewed. The field emission properties as well as some applications to the fabrication of novel polymer composites, Li + batteries, and gas sensors are also discussed. It is clear that these materials possess outstanding properties when compared with pure CNTs, and it is foreseen that these systems will revolutionize some aspects of nanotube science and technology, thus opening a vast field of experimental and theoretical research.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. Á. Rubio
2. J. Kim
3. Mauricio Terrones
4. T. Pichler
5. M. Sham
6. Kristian Sommer Thygesen

In Materials Chemistry

1. J. Kim
2. Á. Rubio
3. Vincent Meunier
4. R. Arenal
5. Mauricio Terrones
6. Annick Loiseau
7. M. Sham
8. Jang‐Kyo Kim

Citations in the corpus

• Surface functionalities of multi-wall carbon nanotubes after UV/Ozone and TETA treatments (2006, result): “3(b) and (d)) and corrugations on the tube surface, similar to the observations reported previously [22].”
• Structure and electrical conductivity of nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (2009, background): “Therefore, significant attention has been paid lately to the investigation of methods for regulating the CNF properties by doping the graphite-like structure of the nanofibers with nitrogen atoms [10,5].”
• The physical and chemical properties of heteronanotubes (2010, background): “On these grounds, it is reasonable to envisage a B content as high as 15%, disregarding the solubility limits for boron in carbons as some suggest Serin et al., 2000; Terrones et al., 2004 .”