Electron beam induced in situ clusterisation of 1D ZrCl4 chains within single-walled carbon nanotubes

Gareth Brown; Sam R. Bailey; Jeremy Sloan; Cigang Xu; Steffi Friedrichs; Emmanuel Flahaut; Karl S. Coleman; John L. Hutchison; Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski; Malcolm L. H. Green

doi:10.1039/B101261O

Electron beam induced in situ clusterisation of 1D ZrCl₄ chains within single-walled carbon nanotubes

Gareth Brown,^a Sam R. Bailey,^a Jeremy Sloan,^a Cigang Xu,^a Steffi Friedrichs,^a Emmanuel Flahaut,^a Karl S. Coleman,^a John L. Hutchison,^b Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski^b and Malcolm L. H. Green*^a

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^a Wolfson Catalysis Centre (Carbon Nanotechnology Group), Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
E-mail: malcolm.green@chem.ox.ac.uk

^b Department of Materials, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK

Abstract

Cluster formation can be induced in situ in SWNTs filled with ZrCl₄ by electron beam irradiation of SWNT/ZrCl₄ composites within a field emission gun transmission electron microscope (FEGTEM); the process represents a possible route to the synthesis of 1D-quantum dot arrays formed by related materials.

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Electron beam induced in situ clusterisation of 1D ZrCl₄ chains within single-walled carbon nanotubes

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