Química Nova (Jan 2001)

A bench arc-furnace facility for fullerene and single-wall nanotubes synthesis

  • Huber John G,
  • Romero José Gino Venegas,
  • Spivey James David,
  • Luengo Carlos Alberto

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 6
pp. 898 – 900

Abstract

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A metallic-sample arc-furnace was modified to synthesize fullerenes and nanotubes. The (reversible) changes and the process for producing single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) are described.

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