Synthesis of single-wall carbon nanohorns by arc-discharge in air and their formation mechanism

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1580-1585

  Li, Nan ^a,b   Wang, Zhiyong ^a   Zhao, Keke ^a   Shi, Zujin ^a   Gu, Zhennan ^a   Xu, Shukun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; ARC-DISCHARGE PROCESS; CARBON ATOMS; DIRECT CURRENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAPHITE ROD; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOHORN; VOLUME RATIO;

CAVITY RESONATORS; NANOHORNS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 75749137004     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.12.055     Document Type: Article

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