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In-situ Observations of Restructuring Carbon Nanotubes via Low-voltage Aberration-corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2011

Felix Börrnert ,
Alicja Bachmatiuk ,
Sandeep Gorantla ,
Jamie H. Warner ,
Bernd Büchner  and
Mark H. Rümmeli
Felix Börrnert
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V., PF 270116, 01171 Dresden, Germany
Alicja Bachmatiuk
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V., PF 270116, 01171 Dresden, Germany
Sandeep Gorantla
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V., PF 270116, 01171 Dresden, Germany
Jamie H. Warner
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX13PH, United Kingdom
Bernd Büchner
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V., PF 270116, 01171 Dresden, Germany
Mark H. Rümmeli
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V., PF 270116, 01171 Dresden, Germany Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Abstract

The molecular structure and dynamics of carbon nanostructures is much discussed throughout the literature, mostly from the theoretical side because of a lack of suitable experimental techniques to adequately engage the problem. A technique that has recently become available is low-voltage aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy. It is a valuable tool with which to directly observe the atomic structure and dynamics of the specimen in situ. Time series aberration-corrected low-voltage transmission electron microscopy is used to study the dynamics of single-wall carbon nanotubes in situ. We confirm experimentally previous theoretical predictions for the agglomeration of adatoms forming protrusions and subsequent removal. A model is proposed how lattice reconstruction sites spread. In addition, the complete healing of a multi-vacancy consisting of ca. 20 missing atoms in a nanotube wall is followed.

Keywords

defectstransmission electron microscopy (TEM)nanostructure
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1284: Symposium C – Fundamentals of Low-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials , 2011 , mrsf10-1284-c07-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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