The graphdiyne (GD), a carbon allotrope with a 2D structure comprising benzene rings and carbon–carbon triple bonds, can be synthesized through cross-coupling on the surface of copper foil. The key problem is in understanding the dependence of layers number and properties, however, the controlled growth of the layers numbers of GD film have not been demonstrated, its controlled growth into large-area and high ordered films with different numbers of layers is still an important challenge. Here, we show that a new strategy for synthesizing GD films with 2D nanostructures on ZnO nanorod arrays through a combination of reduction and a self-catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid growth process, using GD powder as the vapor source and ZnO nanorod arrays as the substrate. HRTEM shows the distance between pairs of streaks being approximately 0.365 nm by different thicknesses of GD films. The approach enables us to construct large-area ordered semiconductive films with high-quality surfaces showing high conductivity (up to 2800 S cm−1). FETs were fabricated based on the well ordered films; we prepared and measured over 100 devices. Devices incorporating these well-ordered and highly conductive GD films exhibited field-effect mobility as high as 100 cm2 V−1 s−1.

Field emission studies were conducted on as-produced CoMoCAT single-walled carbon nanotube/silica composites with controlled nanotube diameter and bundle size. It has been observed that the as-produced nanotube material does not need to be separated from the high-surface area catalyst to be an effective electron emitter. By adjusting the catalytic synthesis conditions, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) of different diameters and bundle sizes were synthesized. A detailed characterization involving Raman spectroscopy, optical absorption (vis-NIR), SEM, and TEM was conducted to identify the nanotube species present in the different samples. The synthesis reaction temperature was found to affect the nanotube diameter and bundle size in opposite ways; that is, as the synthesis temperature increased the nanotube average diameter became larger, but the bundle size became smaller. A gradual and consistent reduction in the emission onset field was observed as the synthesis temperature increased. It is suggested that the bundle size, more than the nanotube diameter or chirality, determines the field emission characteristics of these composites. This is a clear demonstration that field emission characteristics of SWNT can be controlled by the nanotube synthesis conditions.

The growth mechanism and dislocation behavior of AlN on monolayer hBN materials without/with O2 plasma treatment by MOCVD.

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