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Cover Picture: Template Synthesis of Linear‐Chain Nanodiamonds Inside Carbon Nanotubes from Bridgehead‐Halogenated Diamantane Precursors (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2015)
Author(s) -
Nakanishi Yusuke,
Omachi Haruka,
Fokitalie A.,
Schreiner Peter R.,
Kitaura Ryo,
Dahl Jeremy E. P.,
Carlson Robert M. K.,
Shinohara Hisanori
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201506980
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , nanowire , polymer , molecule , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
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.