Nano-confined phase change materials
Nanoscale structure prediction
We are applying techniques in Ab Initio Random Structure Searching to predict structures of the smallest possible "extreme nanowires" - crystals formed inside carbon nanotubes.
Crystal - nanotube interactions
Ongoing work, illustrated above, is exploring how charge transfer between nanotube and filling can alter the symmetry of encapsulated 1d crystals.
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Extreme nanowires with helical symmetry
A recent study reveals nanowires of a single element exhibiting helical symmetry, winding along the inside of a carbon nanotube.
Researchers
Dr Jeremy Sloan (experimental lead)
Dr David Quigley (Warwick modelling lead)
Dr Andrew Morris (Cambridge modelling lead)
Dr Paulo Medeiros (Cambridge PDRA)
Dr Andrij Vasylenko (Warwick PDRA)
Mr Sam Brown (Warwick PhD student)
Mr Jamie Wynn (Cambridge PhD student)
Dr Peter Brommer (affiliated researcher)