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Large-Scale Synthesis of Rings of Bundled Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Floating Chemical Vapor Deposition†

  1. L. Song1,2,
  2. L. J. Ci3,
  3. L. F. Sun4,
  4. C. Jin1,2,
  5. L. Liu1,2,
  6. W. Ma1,2,
  7. D. Liu1,2,
  8. X. Zhao1,2,
  9. S. Luo1,2,
  10. Z. Zhang1,2,
  11. Y. Xiang1,2,
  12. J. Zhou1,
  13. W. Zhou1,
  14. Y. Ding5,
  15. Z. L. Wang5,
  16. S. Xie1

Article first published online: 26 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200502372

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 18, Issue 14, pages 1817–1821, July, 2006

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How to Cite

Song, L., Ci, L., Sun, L., Jin, C., Liu, L., Ma, W., Liu, D., Zhao, X., Luo, S., Zhang, Z., Xiang, Y., Zhou, J., Zhou, W., Ding, Y., Wang, Z. and Xie, S. (2006), Large-Scale Synthesis of Rings of Bundled Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Floating Chemical Vapor Deposition. Advanced Materials, 18: 1817–1821. doi: 10.1002/adma.200502372

Author Information

  1. 1

    Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, P.R. China

  2. 2

    Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100039, P.R. China

  3. 3

    Max Planck Institut fuer Metallforschung, Stuttgart 70569, Germany

  4. 4

    National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Beijing 100080, P.R. China

  5. 5

    School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA

  1. †

    Financial support for this research came from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the “973” National Basic Research project (Grant No. 2005CB623 602). We thank Prof. Gang Wang, Prof. Qing Chen (Peking University), Prof. Pingheng Tan (National Lab for Superlattices and Microstructures), and Ms. Chaoying Wang for their assistance. Alexander von Humboldt support for one of the authors, Dr. L. Ci, is also appreciated.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 JUL 2006
  2. Article first published online: 26 JUN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 19 APR 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 4 NOV 2005

Funded by

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • “973” National Basic Research project. Grant Number: 2005CB623 602
  • Alexander von Humboldt support

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Keywords:

  • Carbon nanotubes, single-walled;
  • Chemical vapor deposition;
  • Nanoelectronics;
  • Nanostructures

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Rings of bundled single-walled carbon nanotubes with perfectly toroidal geometries (see figure), are fabricated in high yields by a floating chemical vapor deposition process involving the thermal decomposition of acetylene. The nanotube rings can be grown with varying densities on a wide variety of substrates at relatively low temperatures, which is a significant advantage for nanoelectronics applications.

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