Dopamine as a Carbon Source: The Controlled Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Spheres and Yolk‐Structured Carbon Nanocomposites

Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 50, Issue 30 p. 6799-6802 Communication Dopamine as a Carbon Source: The Controlled Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Spheres and Yolk-Structured Carbon Nanocomposites† Dr. Rui Liu, Dr. Rui Liu Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this authorDr. Shannon M. Mahurin, Dr. Shannon M. Mahurin Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this authorChen Li, Chen Li Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (USA) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (P. R. China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Raymond R. Unocic, Dr. Raymond R. Unocic Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Juan C. Idrobo, Dr. Juan C. Idrobo Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Hongjun Gao, Dr. Hongjun Gao Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (P. R. China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Stephen J. Pennycook, Dr. Stephen J. Pennycook Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Sheng Dai, Corresponding Author Prof. Dr. Sheng Dai dais@ornl.gov Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235 Department of Chemistry, University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN 37966-1600 (USA)Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this author Dr. Rui Liu, Dr. Rui Liu Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this authorDr. Shannon M. Mahurin, Dr. Shannon M. Mahurin Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this authorChen Li, Chen Li Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (USA) Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (P. R. China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Raymond R. Unocic, Dr. Raymond R. Unocic Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Juan C. Idrobo, Dr. Juan C. Idrobo Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Hongjun Gao, Dr. Hongjun Gao Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (P. R. China)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Stephen J. Pennycook, Dr. Stephen J. Pennycook Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. Sheng Dai, Corresponding Author Prof. Dr. Sheng Dai dais@ornl.gov Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235 Department of Chemistry, University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN 37966-1600 (USA)Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA), Fax: (+1) 865-576-5235Search for more papers by this author First published: 06 June 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201102070Citations: 626 † Research sponsored by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation through grant No. DMR-0938330 (C.L., J.C.I.), Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s SHaRE User Facility (R.R.U., J.C.I.), with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed and operated by UT-Battelle, LLC. 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