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Effect of Carrier Gas on the Growth Rate, Growth Density, and Structure of Carbon Nanotubes

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In a series of experiments on growing multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by thermal chemical vapor deposition, this article found that the addition of carrier gas and carrier gas type can change the growth rate, growth density, and structures of MWNTs.
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We attempt to understand the fundamental factors that determine the growth rate of carbon nanotubes. In a series of experiments on growing multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by thermal chemical vapor deposition, we found that the addition of carrier gas and the type of carrier gas can change the growth rate, growth density, and structures of MWNTs. We explain these results based on the dissociative adsorption of C2H2 on Fe nanoparticles and the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth model. Finally, high-density, vertically aligned MWNTs were grown when decomposition and segregation rates of carbon were balanced.

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Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

Sumio Iijima
- 01 Nov 1991 - 
TL;DR: Iijima et al. as mentioned in this paper reported the preparation of a new type of finite carbon structure consisting of needle-like tubes, which were produced using an arc-discharge evaporation method similar to that used for fullerene synthesis.
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Carbon nanotubes : synthesis, structure, properties, and applications

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship of carbon nanotubes to other carbon materials has been discussed, and the properties of single-wall and multi-wall carbon Nanotubes have been investigated.
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Superhard and elastic carbon nitride thin films having fullerenelike microstructure.

TL;DR: In this article, the buckled and curved basal planes were found to have a distorted graphitel-like microstructure, and the buckling is due to the incorporation of pentagons in the basal planes, giving rise to a fullerenelike micro-structure.
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Growth model of bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes by thermal chemical vapor deposition

TL;DR: In this paper, vertical aligned carbon nanotubes were grown on an iron-deposited silicon oxide substrate by thermal chemical vapor deposition of acetylene, and a base growth model was suggested for the bamboo-shaped carbon nano-tubes grown under their experimental conditions.
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