In-situ TEM-STM Observations of SWCNT Ropes/tubular Transformations

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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) prepared by the HiPco process were purified using a modified gas phase purification technique. A TEM-STM holder was used to study the morphological changes of SWCNT ropes as a function of applied voltage. Kink formation, buckling behavior, tubular transformation and eventual breakdown of the system were observed. The tubular formation was attributed to a transformation from SWCNT ropes to multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) structures. It is likely mediated by the patching and tearing mechanism which is promoted primarily by the mobile vacancies generated due to current-induced heating and, to some extent, by electron irradiation.

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  1. Advanced Metallics Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Glenn Research Center, Structures and Materials Division, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH, 44135, USA

    F. Solá

  2. Polymers Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Glenn Research Center, Structures and Materials Division, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH, 44135, USA

    M. Lebrón-Colón & M. A. Meador

  3. Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    P. J. Ferreira

  4. Institute for Functional Nanomaterials and Department of Physics of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PO Box 23343, San Juan, PR 00931, USA

    L. F. Fonseca & C. Marín

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Solá, F., Lebrón-Colón, M., Ferreira, P.J. et al. In-situ TEM-STM Observations of SWCNT Ropes/tubular Transformations. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1204, 1026 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1204-K10-26

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