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Li Y, Li A, Li J, Tian H, Zhang Z, Zhu S, Zhang R, Liu S, Cao K, Kang L, Li Q. Efficient Synthesis of Highly Crystalline One-Dimensional CrCl 3 Atomic Chains with a Spin Glass State. ACS Nano 2023; 17:20112-20119. [PMID: 37791779 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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One-dimensional (1D) magnetic material systems have attracted widespread interest from researchers because of their peculiar physical properties and potential applications in spintronics devices. However, the synthesis of 1D magnetic atomic chains has seldom been investigated. Here, we developed an iodine-assisted vacuum chemical vapor-phase transport (I-VCVT) method, utilizing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with 1D cavities as templates, and high-quality and high-efficiency fabrication of 1D atomic chains of CrCl3 was achieved. Furthermore, the structure of CrCl3 atomic chains in the confined space of SWCNTs was analyzed in detail, and the charge transfer between the 1D atomic chains and SWCNTs was investigated through spectroscopic characterization. A comprehensive study of the dynamic magnetic properties revealed the existence of spin glass states and freezing of the 1D CrCl3 atomic chains at around 3 K, which has never been seen in bulk CrCl3. Our work established an effective strategy for the control synthesis of 1D magnetic atomic chains with promising potential applications in further magnetic-based spintronics devices.
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- Yunfei Li
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Division of Advanced Materials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China
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Wang K, Xia GJ, Liu T, Yun Y, Wang W, Cao K, Yao F, Zhao X, Yu B, Wang YG, Jin C, He J, Li Y, Yang F. Anisotropic Growth of One-Dimensional Carbides in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Strong Interaction for Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37154477 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Tungsten and molybdenum carbides have shown great potential in catalysis and superconductivity. However, the synthesis of ultrathin W/Mo carbides with a controlled dimension and unique structure is still difficult. Here, inspired by the host-guest assembly strategy with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as a transparent template, we reported the synthesis of ultrathin (0.8-2.0 nm) W2C and Mo2C nanowires confined in SWCNTs deriving from the encapsulated W/Mo polyoxometalate clusters. The atom-resolved electron microscope combined with spectroscopy and theoretical calculations revealed that the strong interaction between the highly carbophilic W/Mo and SWCNT resulted in the anisotropic growth of carbide nanowires along a specific crystal direction, accompanied by lattice strain and electron donation to the SWCNTs. The SWCNT template endowed carbides with resistance to H2O corrosion. Different from normal modification on the outer surface of SWCNTs, such M2C@SWCNTs (M = W, Mo) provided a delocalized and electron-enriched SWCNT surface to uniformly construct the negatively charged Pd catalyst, which was demonstrated to inhibit the formation of active PdHx hydride and thus achieve highly selective semihydrogenation of a series of alkynes. This work could provide a nondestructive way to design the electron-delocalized SWCNT surface and expand the methodology in synthesizing unusual 1D ultrathin carbophilic-metal nanowires (e.g., TaC, NbC, β-W) with precise control of the anisotropy in SWCNT arrays.
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- Kun Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- School of Physical Sciences, Great Bay University, Dongguan, 523000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- PKU-HKUST ShenZhen-HongKong Institution, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Xusheng Yang
- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Zhang J, Fu C, Song S, Du H, Zhao D, Huang H, Zhang L, Guan J, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Ma C, Jia CL, Tománek D. Changing the Phosphorus Allotrope from a Square Columnar Structure to a Planar Zigzag Nanoribbon by Increasing the Diameter of Carbon Nanotube Nanoreactors. Nano Lett 2020; 20:1280-1285. [PMID: 31904971 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Elemental phosphorus nanostructures are notorious for a large number of allotropes, which limits their usefulness as semiconductors. To limit this structural diversity, we synthesize selectively quasi-1D phosphorus nanostructures inside carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that act both as stable templates and nanoreactors. Whereas zigzag phosphorus nanoribbons form preferably in CNTs with an inner diameter exceeding 1.4 nm, a previously unknown square columnar structure of phosphorus is observed to form inside narrower nanotubes. Our findings are supported by electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy observations as well as ab initio density functional theory calculations. Our computational results suggest that square columnar structures form preferably in CNTs with an inner diameter around 1.0 nm, whereas black phosphorus nanoribbons form preferably inside CNTs with a 4.1 nm inner diameter, with zigzag nanoribbons energetically favored over armchair nanoribbons. Our theoretical predictions agree with the experimental findings.
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- Jinying Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- The School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 211189 , People's Republic of China
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- Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons , Forschungszentrum Jülich , Jülich 52425 , Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- The School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 211189 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics , Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics , Shanghai University , Shanghai 200444 , People's Republic of China
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- The School of Microelectronics and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons , Forschungszentrum Jülich , Jülich 52425 , Germany
- The School of Microelectronics and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi 710049 , People's Republic of China
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- Physics and Astronomy Department , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824-2320 , United States
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Shi Z. Stabilization of metastable structures from high pressure or high temperature to ambient conditions. Natl Sci Rev 2019; 6:857-858. [PMID: 34691941 PMCID: PMC8291516 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Zujin Shi
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
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