Electrochemically controlled winding and unwinding of substrate-supported carbon nanoscrolls
Result description
Carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) formed spontaneously on the basal plane of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) show winding and unwinding movements when potential steps from 0 V to0.5 V,0.6 V and0.9 V are applied on HOPG immersed in an aqueous electrolyte solution (0.1 M H 2 SO 4 ). Reversible changes in CNS radial dimensions exceeding 10 nm in the axial direction and 50 nm in the lateral direction are ascribed to variations in the surface tension and electric double-layer structure under applied potentials. Radial motion is observed exclusively on scrolled tube-shaped nanostructures, while other parts of the HOPG surface including planar areas, simple bended and lifted step edges, and kinks remain intact. The mechanism explaining the observed phenomenon is proposed and its significance for prospective applications in electrochemically controlled nanomechanical actuators is outlined.
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Electrochemically controlled winding and unwinding of substrate-supported carbon nanoscrolls
Original language description
Carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) formed spontaneously on the basal plane of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) show winding and unwinding movements when potential steps from 0 V to0.5 V,0.6 V and0.9 V are applied on HOPG immersed in an aqueous electrolyte solution (0.1 M H 2 SO 4 ). Reversible changes in CNS radial dimensions exceeding 10 nm in the axial direction and 50 nm in the lateral direction are ascribed to variations in the surface tension and electric double-layer structure under applied potentials. Radial motion is observed exclusively on scrolled tube-shaped nanostructures, while other parts of the HOPG surface including planar areas, simple bended and lifted step edges, and kinks remain intact. The mechanism explaining the observed phenomenon is proposed and its significance for prospective applications in electrochemically controlled nanomechanical actuators is outlined.
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Classification
Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10405 - Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)
Result continuities
Project
GA17-05167S: Micro/nano-spring enhanced photoacoustics: devices, methods and applications
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN
1463-9076
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Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
5900-5908
UT code for WoS article
000427085400056
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85042629396
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)
Year of implementation
2018