DIRECT ELECTRON-BEAM-INDUCED FORMATION OF NANOMETER-SCALE CARBON STRUCTURES IN STEM .1. NATURE OF LONG-RANGE GROWTH OUTSIDE THE SUBSTRATE

Long-range growth of carbon-containing structures beginning from the edge of the sample has been found to occur under the action of the electron beam passing outside the sample in the column of the microscope pumped down by an oil diffusion pump. The mechanism of the phenomenon is suggested.