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- Yao, Mingguang, et al.
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Raman signature to identify the structural transition of single-wall carbon nanotubes under high pressure
- 2008
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In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - : American Physical Society. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 78:20
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Raman spectra of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with diameters of 0.6–1.3 nm have been studied under high pressure. A “plateau” in the pressure dependence of the G-band frequencies was observed in all experiments, both with and without pressure transmission medium. Near the onset of the G-band plateau, the corresponding radial breathing mode (RBM) lines become very weak. A strong broadening of the full width at half maximum of the RBMs just before the onset of the G-band plateau suggests that a structural transition starts in the SWNTs. Raman spectra from SWNTs released from different pressures also indicate that a significant structural transition occurs during the G-band plateau process. Simulations of the structural changes and the corresponding Raman modes of a nanotube under compression show a behavior similar to the experimental observations. Based on the experimental results and the theoretical simulation, a detailed model is suggested for the structural transition of SWNTs, corresponding to the experimentally obtained Raman results in the high-pressure domain.
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- Zou, Yonggang, et al.
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Effective polymerization of C60 in SWNTs under high pressure and simultaneous UV light irradiation
- 2007
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In: Acta Physica Sinica (Wuli Xuebao). - 1000-3290. ; 56:9, s. 5172-5175
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The C-60 @ SWNT ( peapod) samples were prepared by the vapor diffusion method. Polymerization of C60 molecules in single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) under high pressure and simultaneous irradiation of UV laser (325 nm) has been carried out for the first time by using diamond anvil cell. Raman spectra of the peapod samples decompressed from high pressure indicated that C60 molecules form one-dimensional orthorhombic polymer in SWNTs under UV laser irradiation at a high pressure of 21.5 GPa, which is lower than that for the polymerization of samples induced by high pressure only. The polymerization is an irreversible phase transition in the peapod.
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- Zou, Yonggang, et al.
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Raman spectroscopy study of carbon nanotube peapods excited by near-IR laser under high pressure
- 2007
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In: Physical Review B. - 0163-1829. ; 76:19, s. 195417-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A resonant Raman spectroscopy study has been carried out under high pressure, using a diamond anvil cell,on carbon nanotube peapods (C60@SWNT) synthesized in high yield in our laboratory. The Raman signal wasexcited by a near IR laser (830 nm) to avoid photopolymerization of C60 and thus obtain the intrinsic vibrationalinformation on the C60 molecules in the nanotubes. It is found that the surrounding tubes create aneffective pressure on the encapsulated C60 due to tube-fullerene interactions, resulting in a shift of the intrinsicAg(2) vibrational mode to 1474 cm−1 at ambient pressure. High pressure Raman spectroscopy indicates that(C60)2 dimers form near 1 GPa, and that a further polymerization of C60 occurs near 23 GPa, creating linearchains of covalently linked C60 molecules in the tubes.
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