Nanotube growth by surface diffusion

Nanotubes and other nanoclusters of both carbon and boron nitride are contr ollably grown by simple surface self diffusion, both homogenously and heter ogeneously, following a mechanical ball-milling preparative stage. Brief co mparisons are drawn with the nucleation and growth of nanostructures during ionizing irradiations of varying degree on graphite and molybdenite target surfaces. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.