GROWTH AND SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY OF BUCKYTUBES AND BUCKYCONES

Klaus Sattler
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Klaus Sattler: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 1996, vol. 03, issue 01, 813-818

Abstract: Nucleation and growth of fullerenes and other carbon nanostructures are little understood. We show that there is an alternative to the arc-source generator. Spherical, tubular, and conical carbon-shell structures can be synthesized in the vapor phase. Very hot carbon vapor, deposited onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), forms small carbon clusters, single-shell tubes, multishell tubes, bundles of tubes, and cones. The structures were analyzed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). High-resolution images show the surface atomic structures of the tubes and their helicities. A growth pathway is proposed for fullerenes, tubes, and cones.

Date: 1996
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