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1School of Engineering and Science Jacobs University Bremen Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen (Germany).
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|June 5, 2015
Abstract:
The use of an imogolite (aluminosilicate) sheath to protect a conducting core consisting of a carbon nanotube (CNT) or nanowire from mechanical and chemical attacks is proposed. The cross-sectional structure of such a nanocable is shown in the figure. The most stable CNT@ imogolite nanocable is calculated to have a tube-tube distance of 2.8 Å and an insertion energy of ca. 60 meV per carbon atom.

