Nano-makisu: highly anisotropic two-dimensional carbon allotropes made by weaving together nanotubes

Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhao ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
WenCai Yi ◽  
Tao Hu ◽  
Dalar Khodagholian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Carbon Allotropes ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Two-dimensional Dirac carbon materials with the strongest anisotropy are constructed by spontaneously interlinking single-walled carbon nanotubes along the radial directions.

Vibrational analysis of sandwich sectorial plates with functionally graded sheets reinforced by aggregated carbon nanotube

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1496-1541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahid Tahouneh
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Constitutive Law ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Simply Supported ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

In the present work, by considering the agglomeration effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes, free vibration characteristics of functionally graded nanocomposite sandwich sectorial plates are presented. The volume fractions of randomly oriented agglomerated single-walled carbon nanotubes are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction. To determine the effect of carbon nanotube agglomeration on the elastic properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites, a two-parameter micromechanical model of agglomeration is employed. In this research work, an equivalent continuum model based on the Eshelby–Mori–Tanaka approach is considered to estimate the effective constitutive law of the elastic isotropic medium (matrix) with oriented straight carbon nanotubes. The two-dimensional generalized differential quadrature method as an efficient and accurate numerical tool is used to discretize the equations of motion and to implement the various boundary conditions. The proposed sectorial plates are simply supported at radial edges, while all possible combinations of free, simply supported, and clamped boundary conditions are applied to the other two circular edges. The benefit of using the considered power-law distribution is to illustrate and present useful results arising from symmetric and asymmetric profiles. The effects of agglomeration, geometrical, and material parameters together with the boundary conditions on the frequency parameters of the sandwich functionally graded nanocomposite plates are investigated. It is shown that the natural frequencies of structure are seriously affected by the influence of carbon nanotubes agglomeration. This study serves as a benchmark for assessing the validity of numerical methods or two-dimensional theories used to analyze the sandwich sectorial plates.

scholarly journals Magnetic Properties of One- and Two-Dimensional Functional Materials: Oxygen Molecules Encapsulated in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Copper Ions Embedded into Phthalocyanine Sheets

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Hagiwara ◽  
Takanori Kida ◽  
Kazuyuki Matsuda ◽  
Haruka Kyakuno ◽  
Yutaka Maniwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Copper Phthalocyanine ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Half Filling ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Background: In this paper, we report on the topics of one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) functional materials. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) are seamless hollow cylinders made of hexagonal lattice graphite sheets. The SWCNTs have attracted considerable attention due to the applicability of their enclosed nanospaces to engineering, and many types of guest materials are encapsulated inside their 1D space, expecting unusual properties. The poly Transition Metal (TM) phthalocyanine, in which phthalocyanine units are extended in two dimensions by sharing benzene rings, is one of the examples of the TM containing 2D carbon materials. Because of strong correlation between localized d-electrons in the TM atom and delocalized π-electrons on the poly phthalocyanine frame, it is expected that spin-polarized conduction, which is useful for the spintronic applications. Objectives: The objective of the first work is to synthesize SWCNTs encapsulating oxygen molecules having spin one, whose O-O bond directions are aligned to the longitudinal direction of the SWCNTs. The objective of the second work is to synthesize Poly Cu Phthalocyanine (PCuPc) through a bottom-up method by using copper octacyanophthalocyanine as a building block and to elucidate its crystal structure and magnetic properties. Methods: SWCNTs with inner diameter of ca 0.8 nm were prepared by the CoMoCAT method, and encapsulated together with oxygen molecules (~400 Torr) into a high-purity quartz tube. To subtract the background signals of the SWCNTs and the quartz tube, we prepared the same SWCNTs inducing He gas after evacuating oxygen molecules. Magnetization measurements of these SWCNTs samples were conducted by means of a SQUID magnetometer and a pulse magnet using an induction method. PCuPc were synthesized by a solid state reaction of octacyanophthalocyanine, tetracyanobenzene, and CuCl2·2H2O in glass ampoules sealed after evacuation. The as-synthesized samples were characterized using XRD analysis and TEM microscopy. Magnetization measurement of the samples were done by using a SQUID magnetometer. Results: The intrinsic magnetization data from oxygen molecules inside the SWCNTs (temperature and magnetic field dependence) show magnetic properties typical of the spin-one Heisenberg antiferromagnet named a Haldane magnet. PCuPc and its half-filling counterpart were obtained by solid state reaction. Both magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of PCuPc are larger than those of half-filling PCuPc, but the magnitudes of the former sample are about 1.5 times larger than those of the latter one, which is expected to be twice from the geometric superlattice structure. Conclusion: We have studied magnetic properties (magnetic susceptibility and magnetization) of oxygen molecules encapsulated into Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) with diameters of about 0.8 nm, regarded as a 1D functional magnetic material, and Poly Copper Phthalocyanine (PCuPc) and poly half-filling copper phthalocyanine (half-filling PCuPc), regarded as 2D functional magnetic materials.

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