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Carbon nanotube chirality determines properties of encapsulated linear carbon chain

Autor(en)
Sebastian Heeg, Lei Shi, Lisa V. Poulikakos, Thomas Pichler, Lukas Novotny
Abstrakt

Long linear carbon chains (LLCCs) encapsulated inside double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) are regarded as a promising realization of carbyne, the truly one- dimensional allotrope of carbon. While the electronic and vibronic properties of the encapsulated LLCC are expected to be influenced by its nanotube host, this dependence has not been investigated experimentally so far. Here we bridge this gap by studying individual LLCCs encapsulated in DWCNTs with tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS). We reveal that the nanotube host, characterized by its chirality, determines the vibronic and electronic properties of the encapsulated LLCC. By choice of chirality, the fundamental Raman mode (C-mode) of the chain is tunable by ~85 cm−1 and its band gap by ~0.5 eV, suggesting this one-dimensional hybrid system to be a promising building block for nanoscale optoelectronics. No length dependence of the chain's C-mode frequency is evident, making LLCCs a close to perfect representation of carbyne.

Organisation(en)
Elektronische Materialeigenschaften
Externe Organisation(en)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Journal
Nano Letters
Band
18
Seiten
5426–5431
Anzahl der Seiten
6
ISSN
1530-6984
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01681
Publikationsdatum
08-2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103018 Materialphysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Allgemeine Chemie, Allgemeine Materialwissenschaften
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/fffbe208-c695-44d1-9506-c50e2b0cee24