PMID- 19260705
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090626
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1530-6992 (Electronic)
IS  - 1530-6984 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 4
DP  - 2009 Apr
TI  - Ex-MWNTs: graphene sheets and ribbons produced by lithium intercalation and 
      exfoliation of carbon nanotubes.
PG  - 1527-33
LID - 10.1021/nl803585s [doi]
AB  - We found that multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) can be opened longitudinally 
      by intercalation of lithium and ammonia followed by exfoliation. Intercalation of 
      open-ended tubes and exfoliation with acid treatment and abrupt heating provided 
      the best results. The resulting material consists of: (i) multilayered flat 
      graphitic structures (nanoribbons), (ii) partially open MWNTs, and (iii) graphene 
      flakes. We called the completely unwrapped nanotubes ex-MWNTs, and their large 
      number of edge atoms makes them attractive for many applications.
FAU - Cano-Marquez, Abraham G
AU  - Cano-Marquez AG
AD  - Advanced Materials Department, Laboratory for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 
      Research, IPICYT, San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico.
FAU - Rodriguez-Macias, Fernando J
AU  - Rodriguez-Macias FJ
FAU - Campos-Delgado, Jessica
AU  - Campos-Delgado J
FAU - Espinosa-Gonzalez, Claudia G
AU  - Espinosa-Gonzalez CG
FAU - Tristan-Lopez, Ferdinando
AU  - Tristan-Lopez F
FAU - Ramirez-Gonzalez, Daniel
AU  - Ramirez-Gonzalez D
FAU - Cullen, David A
AU  - Cullen DA
FAU - Smith, David J
AU  - Smith DJ
FAU - Terrones, Mauricio
AU  - Terrones M
FAU - Vega-Cantu, Yadira I
AU  - Vega-Cantu YI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Nano Lett
JT  - Nano letters
JID - 101088070
EDAT- 2009/03/06 09:00
MHDA- 2009/03/06 09:01
CRDT- 2009/03/06 09:00
PHST- 2009/03/06 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/03/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/03/06 09:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/nl803585s [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nano Lett. 2009 Apr;9(4):1527-33. doi: 10.1021/nl803585s.