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Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization

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Carbon can form various types of structurally different frameworks due to the ability of the carbon atoms to form different species of valence bonds. The extremely organized coagulation process of carbon molecules resulting in the formation of the perfectly symmetric fullerene molecule despite the chaotic environment of the carbon arc is truly fascinating. Although many formation theories for the buckyball structure have been suggested, the “pentagon road model” is the most popular amongst many molecular physicists. The prominent features of this model are that carbon sheets have the tendency to accumulate isolated pentagonal carbon ring structures and grow into a carbon sheet with a large number of pentagons supporting its structure.

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    Yamini Yadav, Vindhya Kunduru & Shalini Prasad

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Yadav, Y., Kunduru, V., Prasad, S. (2008). Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization. In: Morris, J. (eds) Nanopackaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47325-3_15

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