Shaping single walled nanotubes
| dc.creator | Zobelli, Alberto | |
| dc.creator | Gloter, Alexandre | |
| dc.creator | Ewels, Chris P. | |
| dc.creator | Colliex, Christian | |
| dc.date | 2007-09-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:54:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:54:27Z | |
| dc.description | We show that electron irradiation in a dedicated scanning transmission microscope can be used as a nano-electron-lithography technique allowing the controlled reshaping of single walled carbon and boron nitride nanotubes. The required irradiation conditions have been optimised on the basis of total knock-on cross sections calculated within density functional based methods. It is then possible to induce morphological modifications, such as a change of the tube chirality, by removing severals tens of atoms with a nanometrical spatial resolution. These irradiation techniques could open new opportunities for nano-engeneering a large variety of nanostructured materials. | |
| dc.description | article + supporting materials | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0880 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0880 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys. Rev. B 77, 045410 (2008) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045410 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/145939 | |
| dc.subject | Materials Science | |
| dc.subject | Other Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | Shaping single walled nanotubes | |
| dc.type | text |