The carbon micro-coils were obtained by the Ni-catalyzed pyrolysis of acety
lene. The carbon micro-coils with various coiling morphology: regular doubl
e coils, coils built up by circular or flat fibers, super helix coils, sing
le coils, etc. can be observed. The carbon coils with various coil diameter
s and coil pitches were obtained by controlling reaction conditions, such a
s reaction temperature, source gas flow rate of sulfur-impurity, acetylene
or hydrogen. (C) 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers.