Nature Communications (Aug 2019)
Detonation synthesis of carbon nano-onions via liquid carbon condensation
- M. Bagge-Hansen,
- S. Bastea,
- J. A. Hammons,
- M. H. Nielsen,
- L. M. Lauderbach,
- R. L. Hodgin,
- P. Pagoria,
- C. May,
- S. Aloni,
- A. Jones,
- W. L. Shaw,
- E. V. Bukovsky,
- N. Sinclair,
- R. L. Gustavsen,
- E. B. Watkins,
- B. J. Jensen,
- D. M. Dattelbaum,
- M. A. Firestone,
- R. C. Huber,
- B. S. Ringstrand,
- J. R. I. Lee,
- T. van Buuren,
- L. E. Fried,
- T. M. Willey
Affiliations
- M. Bagge-Hansen
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- S. Bastea
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- J. A. Hammons
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- M. H. Nielsen
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- L. M. Lauderbach
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- R. L. Hodgin
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- P. Pagoria
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- C. May
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- S. Aloni
- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- A. Jones
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- W. L. Shaw
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- E. V. Bukovsky
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- N. Sinclair
- Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS), Institute for Shock Physics, Washington State University
- R. L. Gustavsen
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- E. B. Watkins
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- B. J. Jensen
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- D. M. Dattelbaum
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- M. A. Firestone
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- R. C. Huber
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- B. S. Ringstrand
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- J. R. I. Lee
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- T. van Buuren
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- L. E. Fried
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- T. M. Willey
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11666-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Detonation of high explosives can produce many nanocarbon allotropes and morphologies, but the mechanism of formation is challenging to explore. Here the authors observe, by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering, a transient liquid phase that precedes the formation of carbon onions.
