Volume 52, Issue 27 pp. 6858-6862
Communication

Synthesis of Enantiopure Carbonaceous Nanotubes with Optical Activity

Shaohua Liu

Shaohua Liu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (P.R. China) http://che.sjtu.edu.cn

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Yingying Duan

Yingying Duan

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (P.R. China) http://che.sjtu.edu.cn

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Xuejiao Feng

Xuejiao Feng

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (P.R. China) http://che.sjtu.edu.cn

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Prof. Jun Yang

Prof. Jun Yang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (P.R. China) http://che.sjtu.edu.cn

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Prof. Shunai Che

Corresponding Author

Prof. Shunai Che

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240 (P.R. China) http://che.sjtu.edu.cn

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First published: 28 May 2013
Citations: 80

This work was supported by the 973 project (2009CB930403) of China and Evonik Industry.

Graphical Abstract

In one step, self-assembled helical polypyrrole nanotubes were carbonized to enantiopure chiral carbonaceous nanotubes with a partially graphitized nanostructure (see picture). The ordered helical arrangement of the carbon nanostructure resulted in enantiomeric materials with distinct optical activity. Moreover, their unique structure endowed them with high reversible storage capacity of lithium ions.

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