Abstract
Strings of near-spherical, multiwalled carbon clusters grow in a carbon arc discharge when nickel or iron is present. They consist of ten to twenty 'beads' of 10-20 nm diameter, nearly equal in the same string. They touch and deform each other in the contact areas, carrying a nickel or iron particle of approximately the bead diameter at one end. Termination by a catalyst particle is common to catalytically grown carbon nanofibers. However, the phenomenon reported here lacks continuity of fiber growth at the metal-graphitic interface, and requires a different explanation for the interrupted, repetitive sequence of near-spherical cluster growth.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 506-512 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 228 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 14 1994 |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
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Strings of spherical carbon clusters grown in a catalytic arc discharge. / Seraphin, Supapan; Wang, Su; Zhou, Dan; Jiao, Jun.
In: Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 228, No. 6, 14.10.1994, p. 506-512.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Strings of spherical carbon clusters grown in a catalytic arc discharge
AU - Seraphin, Supapan
AU - Wang, Su
AU - Zhou, Dan
AU - Jiao, Jun
PY - 1994/10/14
Y1 - 1994/10/14
N2 - Strings of near-spherical, multiwalled carbon clusters grow in a carbon arc discharge when nickel or iron is present. They consist of ten to twenty 'beads' of 10-20 nm diameter, nearly equal in the same string. They touch and deform each other in the contact areas, carrying a nickel or iron particle of approximately the bead diameter at one end. Termination by a catalyst particle is common to catalytically grown carbon nanofibers. However, the phenomenon reported here lacks continuity of fiber growth at the metal-graphitic interface, and requires a different explanation for the interrupted, repetitive sequence of near-spherical cluster growth.
AB - Strings of near-spherical, multiwalled carbon clusters grow in a carbon arc discharge when nickel or iron is present. They consist of ten to twenty 'beads' of 10-20 nm diameter, nearly equal in the same string. They touch and deform each other in the contact areas, carrying a nickel or iron particle of approximately the bead diameter at one end. Termination by a catalyst particle is common to catalytically grown carbon nanofibers. However, the phenomenon reported here lacks continuity of fiber growth at the metal-graphitic interface, and requires a different explanation for the interrupted, repetitive sequence of near-spherical cluster growth.
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