Carbon Nanotube Synthesis

Arc-discharge between graphite rods (low pressure)

L. C. Qin, Nature (2000) 408, 50

• Fullerenes deposited as soot
• SWNT in soot if anode contains metal catalyst (Fe, Co, Ni-Co, etc.)
• MWNT deposited on cathode under hydrogen gas (0.34 nm layer spacing)

Yoshinori Ando, Xinluo Zhao, Toshiki Sugai, and Mukul Kumar, “Growing Carbon Nanotubes,” Materials Today, Oct 2004, pages 22-49.