Orientationally ordered "thiothreads"

 

When compressed between the tips of diamond anvils, aromatic thiophene molecules react to form one-dimensional sp³-hybridized nanothreads: extended diamondoid structures at the junction between nanotubes and polymers. Unlike nanothreads derived from benzene and pyridine, thiophene-derived nanothreads exhibit anisotropic cross sections and are thus orientationally ordered.

 

The work is published by Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.