Benzene-derived carbon nanothreads.

Fitzgibbons, Thomas C; Guthrie, Malcolm; Xu, En-shi; Crespi, Vincent H; Davidowski, Stephen K; Cody, George D; Alem, Nasim; Badding, John V

Fitzgibbons, Thomas C; Guthrie, Malcolm; Xu, En-shi; Crespi, Vincent H; Davidowski, Stephen K; Cody, George D; Alem, Nasim; Badding, John V.

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Fitzgibbons TC; 1] Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA [2] Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Guthrie M; Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015, USA.
Xu ES; 1] Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA [2] Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Crespi VH; 1] Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA [2] Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA [3] Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802,
Davidowski SK; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Cody GD; Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015, USA.
Alem N; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Badding JV; 1] Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA [2] Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.

Nat Mater ; 14(1): 43-7, 2015 Jan.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25242532

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials such as fullerenes, nanotubes, graphene and diamondoids have extraordinary physical and chemical properties. Compression-induced polymerization of aromatic molecules could provide a viable synthetic route to ordered carbon nanomaterials, but despite almost a century of study this approach has produced only amorphous products. Here we report recovery to ambient pressure of macroscopic quantities of a crystalline one- dimensional sp(3) carbon nanomaterial formed by high-pressure solid-state reaction of benzene. X-ray and neutron diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, solid-state NMR, transmission electron microscopy and first-principles calculations reveal close- packed bundles of subnanometre-diameter sp(3)-bonded carbon threads capped with hydrogen, crystalline in two dimensions and short-range ordered in the third. These nanothreads promise extraordinary properties such as strength and stiffness higher than that of sp(2) carbon nanotubes or conventional high-strength polymers. They may be the first member of a new class of ordered sp(3) nanomaterials synthesized by kinetic control of high-pressure solid-state reactions.

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Nat Mater Asunto de la revista: CIENCIA / QUIMICA Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos

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