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Physical aspects are considered for synthesizing fullerenes from carbon vapor. A simple model is proposed for the formation of fullerenes from insular graphite nuclei, which enables one to describe the process in relation to the activation energies of the main stages. The synthesis area for regular fullerenes in the temperature — concentration plane is bounded by the carbon condensation isotherm, on which the rate of fullerene synthesis is equal to the range of capture of free atoms and the line on which the rate of the process becomes small. To avoid the fullerene being captured by graphite traps, the carbon vapor should be completely utilized in fullerence synthesis in this area.
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Electric Welding Institute, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 7–8, pp. 72–77, July–August 1994.
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Fadeenko, Y.I. Fullerene synthesis conditions and mechanism. Powder Metall Met Ceram 33, 397–400 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559587
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559587