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Nanothread Discovery Timelime

  • 1979
    Pseudo-one Dimensional Diamond Crystal Mentioned in Fountains of Paradise
    Arthur C Clarke

    Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise

  • 2001
    Stojkovic and Crespi Predict sp3 Carbon Nanothreads
    Stojkovic, D. , Vin Crespi

    Stojkovic, D., Zhang, P. H., Crespi, V. H. Smallest nanotube: Breaking the symmetry of sp3 bonds in tubular geometries Physical Review Letters 87, 125502 (2001).

  • 2011
    Wen and Hoffmann Predict Formation of Polymer I Nanothread from Benzene
    Roald Hoffmann

    Wen, X. D., Hoffmann, R., Ashcroft, N. W. Benzene under high pressure: a story of molecular crystals transforming to saturated networks, with a possible intermediate metallic phase Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 9023–9035 (2011).

  • 2014
    Trauner et. al. Predict Polytwistane Nanothreads
    Dirk Trauner

    Barua, S. R., Quanz, H., Olbrich, M., Schreiner, P. R., Trauner, D., Allen, W. D. Polytwistane Chemistry-a European Journal 20, 1638-1645 (2014).

    Olbrich, M., Mayer, P., Trauner, D. A step toward polytwistane: synthesis and characterization of C-2-symmetric tritwistane Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 12, 108-112 (2014).

  • 2014
    Fitzgibbons et. al. Synthesize Carbon Nanothreads
    Tom Fitzgibbons

    Fitzgibbons, T. C., Guthrie, M., Xu, E. S., Crespi, V. H., Davidowski, S. K., Cody, G. D., Alem, N., Badding, J. V. Benzene-derived carbon nanothreads Nature Materials 14, 43–47 (2015).

  • 2015
    Chen and Xu Enumerate Nanothread Structures and Pathways to Their Formation
    Bo Chen , Enshi Xu

    Chen, B., Hoffmann, R., Ashcroft, N. W., Badding, J., Xu, E. S., Crespi, V. Linearly polymerized benzene arrays as intermediates, tracing pathways to carbon nanothreads Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 14373–14386 (2015).

    Xu, E. S., Lammert, P. E., Crespi, V. H. Systematic enumeration of sp3 nanothreads Nano Letters 15, 5124–5130 (2015).

  • 2015
    Extensive Theoretical Investigations of Nanothread Structure and Properties

    See the Nanothread Bibliography for an extensive list of theory publications on nanothreads, beginning in 2015.

  • 2017
    Li et. al. Report Carbon Nanothread Single Crystals
    Xiang Li

    Li, X., Baldini, M., Wang, T., Chen, B., Xu, E.-S., Vermilyea, B., Crespi, V. H., Hoffmann, R., Molaison, J. J., Tulk, C. A., Malcolm, Guthrie, Sinogeikin, S., Badding, J. V. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanothread Single Crystals Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, 16343–16349 (2017).

  • 2018
    Li and Chen et. al. Report Carbon Nitride Nanothread Single Crystals and Enumerate their Structures
    John Badding , Bo Chen

    Li, X., Wang, T., Duan, P., Baldini, M., Huang, H. T., Chen, B., Juhl, S. J., Koeplinger, D., Crespi, V. H., Schmidt-Rohr, K., Hoffmann, R., Alem, N., Guthrie, M., Zhang, X., Badding, J. V. Carbon Nitride Nanothread Crystals Derived from Pyridine Journal of the American Chemical Society 140, 4969-4972 (2018).

    Chen, B., Wang, T., Crespi, V. H., Li, X., Badding, J., Hoffmann, R. All the Ways To Have Substituted Nanothreads Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 14, 1131-1140 (2018).

  • 2018
    Duan et. al. and Wang et. al. Report NMR Studies of Carbon Nanothreads
    Pu Duan , Tao Wang

    Duan, P., Li, X., Wang, T., Chen, B., Juhl, S. J., Koeplinger, D., Crespi, V. H., Badding, J. V., Schmidt-Rohr, K. The Chemical Structure of Carbon Nanothreads Analyzed by Advanced Solid-State NMR Journal of the American Chemical Society 140, 7658-7666 (2018).

    Wang, T., Duan, P., Xu, E.-S., Vermilyea, B., Chen, B., Li, X., Badding, J. V., Schmidt-Rohr, K., Crespi, V. H. Constraining Carbon Nanothread Structures by Experimental and Calculated Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra Nano Letters 18, 4934-4942 (2018).

  • 2018
    Nobrega et. al. Report Aniline Nanothreads

    Nobrega, M. M., Teixeira-Neto, E., Cairns, A. B., Temperini, M. L. A., Bini, R. One-dimensional diamondoid polyaniline-like nanothreads from compressed crystal aniline Chemical Science 9, 254-260 (2018).

  • 2019
    Juhl et. al. Perform Abberation-Corrected TEM Studies of Nanothreads
    Steve Juhl

    Juhl, S. J., Wang, T., Vermilyea, B., Li, X., Crespi, V. H., Badding, J. V., Alem, N. Local Structure and Bonding of Carbon Nanothreads Probed by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(17), 6937-6945 (2019).

  • 2019
    Biswas et. al. Report Orientational Order in Nanothreads Derived from Thiophene
    Arani

    Biswas, A., Ward, M.D., Wang, T., Zhu, L., Huang, H.T., Badding, J.V., Crespi, V.H. and Strobel, T.A. Evidence for Orientational Order in Nanothreads Derived from Thiophene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10(22), 7164-7171 (2019).

  • 2020
    Huang et. al. Report Cubane-derived Scaffolds, the Smallest Carbon Nanothreads
    Haw

    Huang, H.T., Zhu, L., Ward, M.D., Wang, T., Chen, B., Chaloux, B.L., Wang, Q., Biswas, A., Gray, J.L., Kuei, B., Cody, G.D., Epshteyn, A., Crespi, V.H., Badding, J.V. and Strobel, T.A. Nanoarchitecture through Strained Molecules: Cubane-derived Scaffolds and the Smallest Carbon Nanothreads. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (42), 17944-17955 (2020).

  • 2020
    Gerthoffer et. al. Report Sequence-defined Functionalized Nanothreads through ‘Sacrificial’ Supramolecular Assembly and Pressure-induced Polymerization
    Margaret

    Gerthoffer, M. C., Wu, S., Chen, B., Wang, T., Huss, S., Oburn, S. M., Crespi, V. H., Badding, J. V., and Elacqua, E. ‘Sacrificial’ Supramolecular Assembly and Pressure-induced Polymerization: Toward Sequence-defined Functionalized Nanothreads. Chemical Science, 11(42), 11419-11424 (2020).

  • 2021
    Huss et. al. Report Scalable Synthesis of Crystalline One-Dimensional Carbon Nanothreads Through Modest-Pressure Polymerization of Furan
    Steve Huss

    Huss, S., Wu, S., Chen, B., Wang, T., Gerthoffer, M. C., Ryan, D. J., Smith, S. E., Crespi, V. H., Badding, J. V. and Elacqua, E. Scalable Synthesis of Crystalline One-Dimensional Carbon Nanothreads Through Modest-Pressure Polymerization of Furan. ACS Nano, 15, 3, 4134–4143 (2021).

  • 2021
    Matsuura et. al. Report Perfect and Defective 13C-Furan-Derived Nanothreads from Modest-Pressure Synthesis Analyzed by 13C NMR
    Bryan

    Matsuura, B., Huss, S., Zheng, Z., Yuan, S., Wang, T.,  Chen, B., Badding, J. V.,  Trauner, D., Elacqua, E.,  van Duin, A.C.T.,  Crespi, V. H. and Schmidt-Rohr, K. Perfect and Defective 13C-Furan-Derived Nanothreads from Modest-Pressure Synthesis Analyzed by 13C NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2021).

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