Solid state growth mechanisms for carbon nanotubes
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The mechanisms by which carbon nanotubes nucleate and grow remain poorly understood. This paper reviews the models which have been proposed to explain nanotube growth in the arc-evaporation and laser-vaporisation processes. Many of the early models assumed that growth is a gas phase phenomenon but there is growing experimental evidence that the formation of both multiwalled and single-walled tubes involves a solid state transformation. Heating rate also seems to be important in promoting nanotube growth. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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