Local temperature during the growth of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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作者
Crespi, VH [1 ]
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[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, Davey Lab 104, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Ctr Phys Mat, Davey Lab 104, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2908
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Lack of information on the local environmental conditions during the growth of carbon nanotubes has hindered efforts to understand the formation of these unique nanoscale structures. However. certain thermal fluctuations during nanotube: growth are: locked into the final structure. The thermal dispersion in thr diameters of tube end caps reveals that multiwalled nanotubes grow and taper at temperatures much lower than the commonly quoted plasma temperatures for the are discharge. [S0031-9007(99)08851-1].
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