Stone-Wales-type transformations in carbon nanostructures driven by electron irradiation
Stone-Wales-type transformations in carbon nanostructures driven by electron irradiation
Observations of topological defects associated with Stone-Wales-type transformations (i.e., bond rotations) in high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images of carbon nanostructures are at odds with the equilibrium thermodynamics of these systems. Here, by combining aberration-corrected HRTEM experiments and atomistic simulations, we show that such defects can be formed by …