One-dimensional arsenic allotropes: polymerization of yellow arsenic inside single-wall carbon nanotubes
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The pnictogen nanomaterials, including phosphorene and arsenene, display remarkable electronic and chemical properties. Yet, the structural diversity of these main group elements is still poorly explored. Here we fill single‐wall carbon nanotubes with elemental arsenic from the vapor phase. Using electron microscopy, we find chains of highly reactive As4 molecules as well as two new one‐dimensional allotropes of arsenic: a single‐stranded zig‐zag chain and a double‐stranded zig‐zag ladder. These linear structures are important intermediates between the gas‐phase clusters of arsenic and the extended sheets of arsenene. Raman spectroscopy indicates weak electronic interaction between the arsenic and the nanotubes which implies that the formation of the new allotropes is driven primarily by the geometry of the confinement. The relative stabilities of the new arsenic structures are estimated computationally. Band‐gap calculations predict that the insulating As4 chains become semiconducting, once converted to the zig‐zag ladder, and form a fully metallic allotrope of arsenic as the zig‐zag chain.
Date Issued
2018-09-03
Date Acceptance
2018-07-01
Citation
Angewandte Chemie, 2018, 130 (36), pp.11823-11827
ISSN
0044-8249
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
11823
End Page
11827
Journal / Book Title
Angewandte Chemie
Volume
130
Issue
36
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ange.201805856
Subjects
Organic Chemistry
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-07-19