Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms

Carbon’s versatile bonding has resulted in the discovery of a bewildering variety of nanoforms which urgently need a systematic and standard nomenclature [1]. Besides fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene, research teams around the globe now produce a plethora of carbon-based nanoforms such as ‘bamboo’...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Suarez-Martinez, Irene, Grobert, N., Ewels, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17914
_version_ 1848749595671134208
author Suarez-Martinez, Irene
Grobert, N.
Ewels, C.
author_facet Suarez-Martinez, Irene
Grobert, N.
Ewels, C.
author_sort Suarez-Martinez, Irene
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Carbon’s versatile bonding has resulted in the discovery of a bewildering variety of nanoforms which urgently need a systematic and standard nomenclature [1]. Besides fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene, research teams around the globe now produce a plethora of carbon-based nanoforms such as ‘bamboo’ tubes, ‘herringbone’ and ‘bell’ structures. Each discovery duly gains a new, sometimes whimsical, name, often with its discoverer unaware that the same nanoform has already been reported several times but with different names (for example the nanoform in Fig. 1h is in different publications referred to as ‘bamboo’ [2], ‘herringbone-bamboo’ [3], ‘stacked-cups’ [4] and ‘stacked-cones’ [5]). In addition, a single name is often used to refer to completely different carbon nanoforms (for example, the ‘bamboo’ structure in [2] is notably different from ‘bamboo’ in [6]). The result is a confusing overabundance of names which makes literature searches and an objective comparison of results extremely difficult, if not impossible.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T07:23:26Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-17914
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T07:23:26Z
publishDate 2011
publisher Pergamon
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-179142019-02-19T04:26:20Z Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms Suarez-Martinez, Irene Grobert, N. Ewels, C. Carbon’s versatile bonding has resulted in the discovery of a bewildering variety of nanoforms which urgently need a systematic and standard nomenclature [1]. Besides fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene, research teams around the globe now produce a plethora of carbon-based nanoforms such as ‘bamboo’ tubes, ‘herringbone’ and ‘bell’ structures. Each discovery duly gains a new, sometimes whimsical, name, often with its discoverer unaware that the same nanoform has already been reported several times but with different names (for example the nanoform in Fig. 1h is in different publications referred to as ‘bamboo’ [2], ‘herringbone-bamboo’ [3], ‘stacked-cups’ [4] and ‘stacked-cones’ [5]). In addition, a single name is often used to refer to completely different carbon nanoforms (for example, the ‘bamboo’ structure in [2] is notably different from ‘bamboo’ in [6]). The result is a confusing overabundance of names which makes literature searches and an objective comparison of results extremely difficult, if not impossible. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17914 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.11.002 Pergamon fulltext
spellingShingle Suarez-Martinez, Irene
Grobert, N.
Ewels, C.
Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title_full Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title_fullStr Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title_full_unstemmed Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title_short Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
title_sort nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17914