Growth mechanism of coiled carbon nanotubes

被引:49
作者
Fonseca, A
Hernadi, K
Nagy, JB
Lambin, P
Lucas, AA
机构
[1] Inst. for Studs. in Interface Sci., Fac. Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix, B-5000 Namur
关键词
fullerene; carbon fibers; nanofibers; nanotubes; growth mechanism;
D O I
10.1016/0379-6779(96)80095-6
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A growth mechanism on a catalyst particle at a molecular level is described, leading to perfect carbon tubules and tubule connections. The suggested mechanism explains the formation of curved (chiral or achiral) nanotubes, tori or coils using the heptagon-pentagon construction proposed by Dunlap.
引用
收藏
页码:235 / 242
页数:8
相关论文
共 19 条
  • [1] GROWTH MORPHOLOGIES DURING COBALT-CATALYZED SINGLE-SHELL CARBON NANOTUBE SYNTHESIS
    AJAYAN, PM
    LAMBERT, JM
    BERNIER, P
    BARBEDETTE, L
    COLLIEX, C
    PLANEIX, JM
    [J]. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 215 (05) : 509 - 517
  • [2] A FORMATION MECHANISM FOR CATALYTICALLY GROWN HELIX-SHAPED GRAPHITE NANOTUBES
    AMELINCKX, S
    ZHANG, XB
    BERNAERTS, D
    ZHANG, XF
    IVANOV, V
    NAGY, JB
    [J]. SCIENCE, 1994, 265 (5172) : 635 - 639
  • [3] CATALYTIC GROWTH OF CARBON FILAMENTS
    BAKER, RTK
    [J]. CARBON, 1989, 27 (03) : 315 - 323
  • [4] ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY STUDY OF COILED CARBON TUBULES
    BERNAERTS, D
    ZHANG, XB
    ZHANG, XF
    AMELINCKX, S
    VANTENDELOO, G
    VANLANDUYT, J
    IVANOV, V
    NAGY, JB
    [J]. PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE A-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STRUCTURE DEFECTS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, 1995, 71 (03): : 605 - 630
  • [5] CONNECTING CARBON TUBULES
    DUNLAP, BI
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (03): : 1933 - 1936
  • [6] RELATING CARBON TUBULES
    DUNLAP, BI
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1994, 49 (08): : 5643 - 5650
  • [7] DUNLAP BI, 1992, PHYS REV B, V50, P8134
  • [8] Model structure of perfectly graphitizable coiled carbon nanotubes
    Fonseca, A
    Hernadi, K
    Nagy, JB
    Lambin, P
    Lucas, AA
    [J]. CARBON, 1995, 33 (12) : 1759 - 1775
  • [9] GUO T, UNPUB NATURE
  • [10] CARBON SHELLS IN FLAMES
    HOWARD, JB
    DASCHOWDHURY, K
    VANDERSANDE, JB
    [J]. NATURE, 1994, 370 (6491) : 603 - 603