L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

Nanotube synthesis


We study the synthesis of carbon nanotubes to understand the factors that control their structure during nucleation and growth.

To achieve this, we investigate the growth kinetics of individual nanotubes using original in situ optical microscopy techniques and determine their structure through optical spectroscopy, including Raman and Rayleigh resonance spectroscopy.


On going or defended Ph.D thesis :

  • Eira Anais ZAMUDIO MEDINA (2021-2024)

References :

  • Förster, G. D., Pimonov, V., Tran, H. N., Tahir, S., Jourdain, V., & Bichara, C. (2023). Swinging crystal edge of growing carbon nanotubes. ACS nano, 17(8), 7135-7144.
  • Pimonov, V., Tran, H. N., Monniello, L., Tahir, S., Michel, T., Podor, R., … & Jourdain, V. (2021). Dynamic instability of individual carbon nanotube growth revealed by in situ homodyne polarization microscopy. Nano letters, 21(19), 8495-8502.
  • Navas, H., Picher, M., Andrieux-Ledier, A., Fossard, F., Michel, T., Kozawa, A., … & Jourdain, V. (2017). Unveiling the evolutions of nanotube diameter distribution during the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes. ACS nano, 11(3), 3081-3088.
  • Picher, M., Anglaret, E., Arenal, R., & Jourdain, V. (2011). Processes controlling the diameter distribution of single-walled carbon nanotubes during catalytic chemical vapor deposition. ACS Nano, 5(3), 2118-2125.
  • Picher, M., Anglaret, E., Arenal, R., & Jourdain, V. (2009). Self-deactivation of single-walled carbon nanotube growth studied by in situ Raman measurements. Nano letters, 9(2), 542-547.

Funded projects on this topic :

  • ANR DARWIN (2020-2024) : Boosting the chiral selectivity of nanotube growth through directed evolution