Optical Microspectroscopy Study of the Mechanical Stability of Empty and Filled Carbon Nanotubes under Hydrostatic Pressure
Optical Microspectroscopy Study of the Mechanical Stability of Empty and Filled Carbon Nanotubes under Hydrostatic Pressure
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DOI:
10.1021/jp506922s
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发表时间:
2014-11
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3.7
通讯作者:
B. Anis;F. Börrnert;M. Rümmeli;and C. A. Kuntscher
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作者:
B. Anis;F. Börrnert;M. Rümmeli;and C. A. Kuntscher
We present a high-pressure optical and infrared spectroscopy study on the mechanical stability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) filled with C60 and C70 fullerene molecules (C60- and C70-peapods), double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) derived from the C60- and C70-peapods (DWCNTs/C60 and DWCNTs/C70), and iodine-filled SWCNTs (I-SWCNTs). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy, Raman, and optical spectroscopy were used to characterize all prepared samples. For the C60- and C70-peapods, we find an anomaly in the pressure-induced shifts of the optical transitions at the critical pressures Pc1 ≈ 6.5 and 7.0 GPa, respectively, compared to Pc1 ≈ 3 GPa in the case of empty SWCNTs. The shift of the anomaly to higher pressure signals the stabilization of the nanotubes by the C60 and C70 filling. The value of Pc1 is in good agreement with theoretical predictions of the pressure-induced deformation for highly filled peapods with similar average diameter. In comparison to SWCNTs, the pressure-indu...