Electron microscopy of nanotubes / edited by Zhong Lin Wang, Chun Hui.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wang, Zhong Lin.

Hui, Chun

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon.

Nanotubes.

Electron microscopy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

Part I. Diffraction, Imaging, and Spectroscopy of Carbon-Based Nanotubes

1. Diffraction and Imaging of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes / L.-C. Qin 3

1.2 Structure Description 5

1.3 Morphological Study 9

1.4 Determination of Helicity 16

2. Electron Diffraction and Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles / J.-F. Colomer, G. Van Tendeloo 45

2.2 Direct Observation of SWNT Bundles 46

2.3 Electron Diffraction of SWNT Bundles 49

2.4 SWNT Bundles Produced by Different Methods 53

3. Nanodiffraction of Carbon Nanotubes / J. M. Cowley 73

3.2 Nanodiffraction from Single-Walled Nanotubes 78

3.3 Ropes of Nanotubes 80

3.4 Multiwalled Nanotubes (MWnT) 81

3.5 Nanoshells 85

3.6 The Use of Nanotubes and Nanoshells for Imaging Experiments 88

4. The Smallest Carbon Nanotubes / N. Wang 95

4.2 How Small can Carbon Nanotubes be? 96

4.3 Ultrasmall Carbon Nanotubes 97

4.4 TEM Contrast of the Innermost Tube in 0.4 nm Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes 110

4.5 Novel Properties of 0.4 nm Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 115

5. Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes and Onions / T. Stockli 121

5.2 Plasmon Losses 122

5.3 Core Losses 127

6. Carbon Nanostructures Under the Electron Beam: Formation of New Structures and In-Situ Study of Radiation-Induced Processes / S. Trasobares, P. M. Ajayan 137

6.2 Electron Beam Effect on Graphite, Carbon Nanotubes, and Onions 137

6.3 Using the Microscope as a Nano-Laboratory for Creating New Structures 144

6.4 In-Situ Activation and Property Measurements of Carbon Nanotubes with the Electron Beam 152

Part II. Nanomeasurements of Carbon Nanotubes based on In-Situ TEM

7. In-Situ Mechanical Properties of Nanotubes and Nanowires / Z. L. Wang 165

7.1 Static Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes by Atomic Force Microscopy 165

7.2 Measuring Dynamic Bending Modulus by Electric Field-Induced Mechanical Resonance 171

7.3 Young's Properties of Composite Nanowires 185

8. In-Situ Field Emission of Carbon Nanotubes / Z. L. Wang 191

8.1 The Fowler-Nordheim Equation for Field Emission 191

8.2 Field Emission from Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes 192

8.3 Work Function at the Tips of Carbon Nanotubes 193

8.4 Electrostatic Charges on Carbon Nanotubes 195

8.5 Mapping the Electrostatic Potential at the Nanotube Tips 198

8.6 Field Emission-Induced Structural Damage 200

8.7 Nanothermometer and Nanobearing 203

9. In-Situ Electric Transport of Carbon Nanotubes / Z. L. Wang, P. Poncharal, W. A. de Heer, C. Hui 207

9.1 Ballistic Quantum Conductance: What is it? 207

9.2 Ballistic Quantum Conductance at Room Temperature 209

9.3 In-Situ Measurements 210

9.4 Quantum Conductance and Surface Contamination 213

9.5 Top-Layer Transport in MWNT 215

Part III. Tubular Structures and Nanocrystals Grown by Filling Nanotubes

10. Electron Microscopy of Boron Nitride Nanotubes / D. Golberg, Y. Bando 221

10.2 Morphology of BN NTs as Revealed by HRTEM 222

10.3 BN NT Helicity and Atomic Structure as Revealed by HRTEM and Electron Diffraction 226

10.4 Electron Microscopy of Filled BN NTs 231

10.5 In-Situ TEM Observations of BN NT Electron-Irradiation-Induced Changes 233

10.6 Electron-Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Energy-Filtered Electron Microscopy of BN and C-Doped BN NTs 236

11. Inorganic Nanoparticles with Fullerene-like Structure and Inorganic Nanotubes / R. Tenne, R. Popovitz-Biro 251

11.2 Classification of the Folding Mechanisms of Inorganic Compounds, which Lead to Close Cage Structures and Nanotubes 254

11.3 Thermodynamic, Structural, and Topological Considerations 257

11.4 Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Nanotubes 263

12. Integral Atomic Layer Architectures of 1D Crystals Inserted into Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes / J. Sloan, A. I. Kirkland, J. L. Hutchison, M. L. H. Green 273

12.2 Synthesis of 1D Crystals within SWNTs 275

12.3 Computer Simulations of 2 x 2 and 3 x 3 KI Crystals in Variable Diameter SWNT 282

12.4 1D Crystals Derived from Polyhedral Framework Structures 283

12.5 1D BaI[subscript 2] Chain with Five- and Six-Coordination 288

12.6 Halide Cluster Formation Within SWNTs 290

12.7 Imaging and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of a 1D Metastable Ternary Halide Structure 292

12.8 Molecules Meet Crystals: Simultaneous Observation of 1D Crystals and Fullerenes within SWNTs 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1402073615

OCLC:

51022798