GROWTH-MECHANISM OF COILED CARBON NANOTUBES

Authors
FONSECA A HERNADI K NAGY JB LAMBIN P LUCAS AA
Citation
A. Fonseca et al., GROWTH-MECHANISM OF COILED CARBON NANOTUBES, Synthetic metals, 77(1-3), 1996, pp. 235-242
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
77
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
235 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1996)77:1-3<235:GOCCN>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A growth mechanism on a catalyst particle at a molecular level is desc ribed, leading to perfect carbon tubules and tubule connections. The s uggested mechanism explains the formation of curved (chiral or achiral ) nanotubes, tori or coils using the heptagon-pentagon construction pr oposed by Dunlap.