Mirco Cantoro

TL;DR: At atomic-scale, video-rate environmental transmission electron microscopy and in situ time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of surface-bound catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes and nanofibers observe that transition metal catalyst nanoparticles on SiOx support show crystalline lattice fringe contrast and high deformability before and during nanotube formation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of phonon confinement on the Raman spectra of silicon nanowires were measured and the contribution of pure confinement typical of quantum wires was identified.

TL;DR: The opening of a bandgap in graphene is explained in terms of functionalization of its pristine lattice with oxygen atoms, that is, on the extent of the bandgap opening upon increased functionalisation density.

TL;DR: It is suggested that carbon nanotube growth is governed by the catalyst surface without the necessity of catalyst liquefaction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors study catalyst support interactions during chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotubes by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy over a wide range of pressures and observe Fe 2+ and 3+ interface states for metallic Fe on Al2O3 in the absence of measurable Al reduction.