Formation of diamond-like carbon balls, self aligned and nonaligned nanotubes at the tip of the cathode during the synthesis of fullerenes in the DC arc discharge experiment

Materials Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1585-1588

  Ahmad, B ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Akhter, J I ^a   Ahmad, N ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aligned nanotubes; Diamond like carbon balls; Nonaligned nanotubes; SEM

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DEPOSITION; DIAMONDS; EVAPORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON BALLS; NANO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NONALIGNED NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 15544370430     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2004.12.057     Document Type: Article

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