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Quantum-chemical methods are used to analyze the mechanism of carbon nanotube formation in the electrochemical bath, where tiny fragments of graphene planes are in the environment of atoms and ions of alkali metals and halogens. In the optimal configuration, alkali metal atoms move toward the edge of a graphene fragment, whereas halogen atoms remain at the sites of their initial attachment. When the graphene fragments “burdened” by alkali metal and halogen atoms interact with each other, the overall graphene configuration twists in a natural way into a nanotube-like open-end structure.
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Original Russian Text © N.I. Alekseev, S.V. Polovtsev, N.A. Charykov, 2006, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 57–63.
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Alekseev, N.I., Polovtsev, S.V. & Charykov, N.A. On the mechanism of carbon nanotube formation in electrochemical processes. Tech. Phys. 51, 349–355 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784206030091
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