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- Title
Single-walled carbon nanotubes formation with a continuous CO[sub 2] -laser: experiments and theory.
- Authors
Gamaly, E.G.; Rode, A.V.; Maser, W.K.; Muñoz, E.; Benito, A.M.; Martínez, M.T.; de la Fuente, G.F.
- Abstract
Abstract. It has been proved [1] that the use of a CO[sub 2]-laser system operating in continuous wave mode (cw) can be efficiently used for the production of carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs). In this article we first describe in detail the variable experimental conditions (different ambient gases, static gas pressure, and gas flow) tot SWNT formation and summarize the results of the characterization studies of the synthesized materials. Second, we analyze the influence of the different experimental conditions on the SWNTs formation process. We show that the heat transport, kinetic, and diffusion processes allow us to explain seemingly different formation conditions in a qualitative and semi-quantitative agreement with the experimental results. The presented self-consistent scenario for nanotube formation in a gas phase allowed us to propose future experiments on testing the mechanism of nanotube formation.
- Subjects
LASERS; CARBON
- Publication
Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, 2000, Vol 70, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0947-8396
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s003390050028