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Synthesis of Robust Precursors for the Controlled Fabrication of (6,6), (8,8), (10,10), and (12,12) Armchair Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Mueller Andreas,
Amsharov Konstantin Yu.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201500266
Subject(s) - helicity , carbon nanotube , yield (engineering) , chemistry , nanotechnology , fabrication , molecule , combinatorial chemistry , carbon fibers , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , particle physics , pathology , engineering , composite number
We report an effective strategy for preparing robust precursors for the rational synthesis of helicity‐pure single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by a surface‐assisted strategy. The approach presented allows simple access to large‐diameter SWCNT precursors. The efficiency of the strategy is demonstrated by the synthesis of four robust precursors for the preparation of (6,6), (8,8), (10,10), and (12,12) armchair SWCNTs. The molecules exhibit a rigid and fully fused structure, which is expected to be important for a highly efficient conversion to CNT seeds and a high yield of the respective helicity‐pure SWCNTs. The presented synthetic approach provides simple access to robust SWCNT precursors that can be “programmed” for virtually any helicity.