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Cull W, Skowron ST, Hayter R, Stoppiello CT, Rance GA, Biskupek J, Kudrynskyi ZR, Kovalyuk ZD, Allen CS, Slater TJA, Kaiser U, Patanè A, Khlobystov AN. Subnanometer-Wide Indium Selenide Nanoribbons. ACS NANO 2023; 17:6062-6072. [PMID: 36916820 PMCID: PMC10061931 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Indium selenides (InxSey) have been shown to retain several desirable properties, such as ferroelectricity, tunable photoluminescence through temperature-controlled phase changes, and high electron mobility when confined to two dimensions (2D). In this work we synthesize single-layer, ultrathin, subnanometer-wide InxSey by templated growth inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Despite the complex polymorphism of InxSey we show that the phase of the encapsulated material can be identified through comparison of experimental aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (AC-TEM) images and AC-TEM simulations of known structures of InxSey. We show that, by altering synthesis conditions, one of two different stoichiometries of sub-nm InxSey, namely InSe or β-In2Se3, can be prepared. Additionally, in situ AC-TEM heating experiments reveal that encapsulated β-In2Se3 undergoes a phase change to γ-In2Se3 above 400 °C. Further analysis of the encapsulated species is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), and Raman spectroscopy, corroborating the identities of the encapsulated species. These materials could provide a platform for ultrathin, subnanometer-wide phase-change nanoribbons with applications as nanoelectronic components.
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Affiliation(s)
- William
J. Cull
- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Nanoscale
and Microscale Research Centre, University
of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QL, United Kingdom
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- Nanoscale
and Microscale Research Centre, University
of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QL, United Kingdom
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- Central
Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials
Science, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- School
of Physics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Faculty
of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Institute
for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine, Chernivtsi Branch, 58001 Chernivtsi, Ukraine
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- Electron
Physical Sciences Imaging Centre, Diamond
Light Source ltd, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Electron
Physical Sciences Imaging Centre, Diamond
Light Source ltd, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Central
Facility of Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials
Science, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- School
of Physics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Nanoscale
and Microscale Research Centre, University
of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2QL, United Kingdom
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Sagawa R, Kurushima K, Otsuka Y, Takai Y. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy observation of sub-nano-sized molybdenum carbide crystals in carbon nanotubes. Microscopy (Oxf) 2012; 62:405-10. [PMID: 23220845 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cross-sectional observation of molybdenum carbide nanocrystals inside carbon nanotubes was successfully conducted in this study. The nanocrystals were generated by irradiating as-synthesized encapsulated molybdenum oxide crystals with an intense electron beam; the most probable composition of the crystals was determined to be α-MoC1-x by electron diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Thinning processes using a focused ion beam and an Ar-ion mill enabled cross-sectional observations along the tube axis. As a result, it became clear that the molybdenum carbide crystals show translational symmetry with a parallelogram configuration having preferred {111} facets when observed from the [110] direction, despite the sub-nanometer order of the crystals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ryusuke Sagawa
- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Sagawa R, Togashi W, Akita T, Takai Y. A new type of molybdenum oxide crystal encapsulated inside a single-walled carbon nanotube. Microscopy (Oxf) 2012; 62:271-82. [PMID: 23113906 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The crystal structure of a new type of molybdenum oxide crystal encapsulated in a single-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) was examined via diffraction and spectroscopic techniques using both X-rays and electron beams. This new type of molybdenum oxide crystal has a chemical bonding state of MoO3, as confirmed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and the MoO3 units exhibit axial symmetry, as clarified by electron diffraction from bundled and individual CNTs encapsulating the crystal. To obtain three-dimensional information on the structure, a cross-sectional sample was prepared using a conventional dimple and ion-mill method. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images exhibit ring-like shapes that originated from the arrangement of the MoO3 units inside the CNTs, as observed along the tube axis. The units are spaced 0.36 nm from each other in a ring arrangement and the distance between each ring is 0.391 nm.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ryusuke Sagawa
- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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