Carbon nanotubes and other graphitic structures as contaminants on evaporated carbon films
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High-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) has been widely used in studies of fullerene-related carbons, and in particular has been applied extensively to the study of carbon nanotubes (Iijima, 1991; Ebbesen & Ajayan, 1992) and carbon nanoparticles (Harris et al., 1993; Saito et al., 1993). The purpose of this Note is to draw the attention of workers in this field to the fact that carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles and other graphitic carbon structures are sometimes present as contaminants on transmission electron microscope (TEM) support films. This could be a major cause of confusion in fullerene studies. Serious errors could arise, for example, in studies aimed at exploring new methods for nanotube synthesis.
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