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SWNT nucleation: Energetics of zipping—edge mechanism

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A novel mechanism of SWNT nucleation is considered in oppose to an existing model. The latter model based on the formation of a hemispherical carbon bowl nucleus has no correct description within the thermodynamics and kinetics of the nucleation process. The new mechanism can explain the prevalent formation of [10,10] armchair nanotube on the base of the continuum graphene energetics.

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  1. Beckman Institute, UIUC, 405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Slava V. Rotkin

  2. Ioffe Institute, 194021, St. Petersburg, Polytehnicheskaya 26, Russia

    Slava V. Rotkin

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Rotkin, S.V. SWNT nucleation: Energetics of zipping—edge mechanism. MRS Online Proceedings Library 675, 291 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-675-W2.9.1

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