Transformation of Carbon Nanotubes to Graphene Nanoribbons

摘要

Scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune have recently reported a new method of transforming carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to nanoribbons comprising a few layers of graphene. Graphene is a 'one-atom-thick' planar sheet of carbon atoms, densely packed in a honeycomb lattice and has possible applications in nanoelectronics, supercapacitors, solar cells, and hydrogen storage. Graphene exhibits many exciting properties, such as roomtemperature quantum Hall effect, longrange ballistic transport with ten times higher electron mobility than in silicon, etc.