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Low-Temperature Growth of Carbon Nanotubes

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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes filled with Cu metal, Cu2O, and CuCl are produced by poly(vinyl alcohol) carbonization in the presence of CuCl or CuCl2 . The structure and composition of the reaction products are analyzed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and selected-area electron diffraction. The carbonization products are found to contain, along with carbon nanotubes, carbon-encapsulated spherical metallic nanoparticles and carbon fibers. A simplified mechanism of nanotube growth is proposed which differs from the well-known high-temperature mechanism.

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  1. Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Research and Education Center for Chemical Physics and Mesoscopy, Udmurt Scientific Center, Studencheskaya ul. 7, Izhevsk, 426069, Russia

    A. A. Didik & V. I. Kodolov

  2. Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Metal Physics, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 14, Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russia

    A. Yu. Volkov & E. G. Volkova

  3. Wilhelm Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstrasse 2, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

    K. H. Hallmeier

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Didik, A.A., Kodolov, V.I., Volkov, A.Y. et al. Low-Temperature Growth of Carbon Nanotubes. Inorganic Materials 39, 583–587 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024045002419

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