Catalytic growth of carbon microtubules with fullerene structure

M. José-Yacamán; M. Miki-Yoshida; L. Rendón; J. G. Santiesteban

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Catalytic growth of carbon microtubules with fullerene structure

M. José-Yacamán, M. Miki-Yoshida, L. Rendón, J. G. Santiesteban

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A method to grow carbon microtubules with fullerene structure (buckytubes) has been identified. The method consists of the catalytic decomposition of acetylene over iron particles at 700°C. Carbon microtubules of up to 50 μm in length are synthesized by this method. Electron diffraction and high resolution electron microscopy studies demonstrate that the structure of these microtubules corresponds to the helical structure recently reported by S. Iijima, Nature 354, 56(1991), prepared using an arc-discharge evaporation method.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	657-659
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	62
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108857
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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