Issue 87, 2014

Sodium-cutting: a new top-down approach to cut open nanostructures on nonplanar surfaces on a large scale

Abstract

We report a new, low-cost and simple top-down approach, “sodium-cutting”, to cut and open nanostructures deposited on a nonplanar surface on a large scale. The feasibility of sodium-cutting was demonstrated with the successfully cutting open of ∼100% carbon nanospheres into nanobowls on a large scale from Sn@C nanospheres for the first time.

Graphical abstract: Sodium-cutting: a new top-down approach to cut open nanostructures on nonplanar surfaces on a large scale

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Apr 2014
Accepted
06 Jun 2014
First published
09 Jun 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 13327-13330

Author version available

Sodium-cutting: a new top-down approach to cut open nanostructures on nonplanar surfaces on a large scale

W. Chen and D. Deng, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 13327 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02409E

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