Materials Science of Nanotubes and Nanowires

We are studying the synthesis, structure, and properties of carbon nanotubes as well as nanowires including MgB2, MgO, Mg3N3, LaB6, CeB6, Na2Ti6O13, K2Ti6O13.

1. L.-C. Qin, “CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes”; Journal of Materials Science Letters 16, 457-459 (1997).

2. L.-C. Qin and S. Iijima, “Fibrilliform growth of carbon nanotubes”; Materials Letters 30, 311-314 (1997).

3. L.-C. Qin and S. Iijima, “Structure and formation of raft-like bundles of single-walled helical carbon nanotubes produced by laser evaporation”; Chemical Physics Letters 269, 65-71 (1997).

4. L.-C. Qin, D. Zhou, D.M. Gruen and A.R. Krauss, “Growing carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition”; Applied Physics Letters 72, 3437-3439 (1998).

5. L.-C. Qin, X. Zhao, K. Hirahara, Y. Miyamoto, Y. Ando and S. Iijima, “The smallest carbon nanotube”; Nature 408, 50 (2000).

6. H. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J. Tang and L.-C. Qin, "Single-crystalline LaB6 nanowires"; Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 2862 (2005).

7. H. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J. Tang and L.-C. Qin, "Single-crystalline CeB6 nanowires"; Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 8002 (2005).

8. H. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J. Tang and L.-C. Qin, "Single-crystalline GdB6 nanowire field emitters"; Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 2862 (2005).

9. C.Y. Xu, Q. Zhang, H. Zhang, L. Zhen, J. Tang and L.-C. Qin, "Synthesis and characterization of single-crystalline alkali titanate nanowires"; Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 11584 (2005).