Cover Picture: Template Synthesis of Linear‐Chain Nanodiamonds Inside Carbon Nanotubes from Bridgehead‐Halogenated Diamantane Precursors (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2015)
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Diamantane molecules form perfect linear-chain nanowires inside double-walled carbon nanotubes. In their Communication on page 10802 ff., H. Shinohara and co-workers describe how these nanowires are synthesized in a template reaction of dibrominated diamantane precursors in the hollow cavities of the carbon nanotubes. Under high vacuum and in the presence of iron nanocatalyst particles, the dehalogenated radical intermediates spontaneously form linear polymer chains within the nanotubes.
Authors: Yusuke Nakanishi, Haruka Omachi, Natalie A. Fokina, Peter R. Schreiner, Ryo Kitaura, Jeremy E. P. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Hisanori Shinohara
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1934871027