Shock-wave synthesis of fullerenes from graphite

Authors
Dolgushin, DS Anisichkin, VF Petrov, EA
Citation
Ds. Dolgushin et al., Shock-wave synthesis of fullerenes from graphite, COMB EXPL R, 35(4), 1999, pp. 439-440
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
COMBUSTION EXPLOSION AND SHOCK WAVES
ISSN journal
00105082 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
439 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-5082(199907/08)35:4<439:SSOFFG>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A new method of producing fullerenes is proposed which is based on the fact that in the rarefaction wave generated when the shock wave emerges on the free surface of shock-compressed graphite, the crystals can break up not in to separate carbon atoms but into fullerene molecules. Results of experimen ts confirming formation of C-60 in a graphite sample by means of a 30-35-Pa shock wave are presented.