TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zhao, X.
AU  - Liu, Y.
AU  - Inoue, S.
AU  - Suzuki, T.
AU  - Jones, G. J.
AU  - Ando, Y.
TI  - Smallest carbon nanotube is 3 A in diameter
JO  - Physical review letters
VL  - 92
SN  - 0031-9007
CY  - College Park, Md.
PB  - APS
M1  - PreJuSER-38262
SP  - 125502
PY  - 2004
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - Previous energetic considerations have led to the belief that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of 4 Angstrom in diameter are the smallest stable CNTs. Using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, we find that a stable 3 Angstrom CNT can be grown inside a multiwalled carbon nanotube. Density functional calculations indicate that the 3 Angstrom CNT is the armchair CNT(2,2) with a radial breathing mode at 787 cm(-1). Each end can be capped by half of a C-12 cage (hexagonal prism) containing tetragons.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000220524600031
DO  - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.125502
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/38262
ER  -