Carbon Nitride Nanotubulite – Densely-packed and Well-aligned Tubular Nanostructures

Authors

Niklas Hellgren, Messiah UniversityFollow
Kazutomo SuenagaFollow
Mats P. JohanssonFollow
Esteban BroitmanFollow
Reine L. Wallenberg
Christian ColliexFollow
Jan Eric SundgrenFollow
Lars G. HultmanFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-12-1999

Abstract

Tubular carbon nitride (CN_x, x=0.01–0.32) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by d.c. magnetron sputtering. These tubes were grown in a highly packed form perpendicularly on a sodium chloride substrate. Their number density is estimated to be ∼1×104 per μm² and is constant over macroscopic regions. Sub-nanometer scale chemical mapping shows that the nitrogen to carbon atomic ratio is rather constant across these tubes. This successful synthesis of a nanotubulite – made of a rather compact aggregation of tubular nanoparticles – could facilitate experimental approaches to measure mechanical or electrical transport properties of such nanotubes and to open the way to variable nanotube applications.

Comments

Suenaga, K., Johansson, M. P., Hellgren, N., Broitman, E., Wallenberg, L. R., Colliex, C., Sundgren, J.-E., & Hultman, L. (1999). Carbon nitride nanotubulite – densely-packed and well-aligned tubular nanostructures. Chemical Physics Letters, 300(5–6), 695–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01425-0

Recommended Citation

Hellgren, Niklas; Suenaga, Kazutomo; Johansson, Mats P.; Broitman, Esteban; Wallenberg, Reine L.; Colliex, Christian; Sundgren, Jan Eric; and Hultman, Lars G., "Carbon Nitride Nanotubulite – Densely-packed and Well-aligned Tubular Nanostructures" (1999). Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters. 9.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/mps_ed/9