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    Growth of all-carbon horizontally aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes nucleated from fullerene-based structures
    (London : BioMed Central, 2013) Ibrahim, Imad; Zhang, Yang; Popov, Alexey; Dunsch, Lothar; Büchner, Bernd; Cuniberti, Gianaurelio; Rümmeli, Mark H.
    All-carbon single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were successfully synthesized, nucleated using a fullerene derivative. A systematic investigation into the initial preparation of C60 fullerenes as growth nucleators for the SWCNTs was conducted. Enhancement in the yield of the produced SWCNT has been achieved with exploring different dispersing media for the fullerenes, the period, and environment of the initial thermal treatment of the fullerenes in addition to the use of different fullerene-based structures. The systematic studies significantly advance our understanding of the growth of the all-carbon catalyst-free single-walled carbon nanotubes. Field-effect transistors were fabricated using the catalyst-free SWCNT and then electrically characterized, showing current capacity as high as the well-studied catalyst-assisted nanotubes.
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    An in situ spectroelectrochemical study of the dimeric phthalocyanines [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]2, [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]2radical dot+, and [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]22+
    (2021) Dmitrieva, Evgenia; Sturtz, Benjamin W.; Yang, Yang; Zhang, Ping; Dunsch, Lothar; Kenney, Malcolm E.
    An in situ spectroelectrochemical study of the oxidation of the μ-oxosilicon phthalocyanine dimer [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]2 utilizing cyclic voltammetry, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and visible–near infrared spectroscopy has been carried out. The results of this study show that oxidation of the dimer yields the paramagnetic radical dimer [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]2radical dot+ and then the diamagnetic dimer [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]22+. The study shows that the rings of [(SiPc)2O][OSiHx3]22+ are antiferromagnetically coupled.