TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthetic routes to novel nanomaterials
AU - Terrones, M.
AU - Hsu, W. K.
AU - Hare, J. P.
AU - Kroto, H. W.
AU - Walton, D. R.M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Society and the ESRC for financial support. We are particulary gratefid to Dr. Alfred Bader and Dr. Peter Doyle (ZENECA) for generous assistance.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Soon after the bulk production of carbon nanotubes was achieved, using arc discharge techniques, other methods involving gas phase processes (i.e. combustion and pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, laser irradiation of graphite) were developed. Nowadays, it is possible to generate nanotubes and fullerene-related nanostructures from layered materials such as WS2, MoS2, BN, BC2N and BC3. Recently, a new technique, involving electrolysis of graphite electrodes in molten ionic salts, has been developed which may open up new synthetic routes to nanotubes in the liquid phase. In this paper, possible growth mechanisms for such processes are reviewed and other routes to nanstructures are discussed.
AB - Soon after the bulk production of carbon nanotubes was achieved, using arc discharge techniques, other methods involving gas phase processes (i.e. combustion and pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, laser irradiation of graphite) were developed. Nowadays, it is possible to generate nanotubes and fullerene-related nanostructures from layered materials such as WS2, MoS2, BN, BC2N and BC3. Recently, a new technique, involving electrolysis of graphite electrodes in molten ionic salts, has been developed which may open up new synthetic routes to nanotubes in the liquid phase. In this paper, possible growth mechanisms for such processes are reviewed and other routes to nanstructures are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/15363839708012233
DO - 10.1080/15363839708012233
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031162963
SN - 1064-122X
VL - 5
SP - 813
EP - 827
JO - Fullerene Science and Technology
JF - Fullerene Science and Technology
IS - 4
ER -