脉冲激光溅射下固液界面生长的碳纳米管及其机理初探

以脉冲激光束直接溅射浸在水中的单质碳样品，发现在固液界面也能产生的碳纳米管，实验还发现碳纳米管的形成与样品的结构有密切的关联：石墨的层状结构越完整，碳纳米管的形成越容易，而且石墨层面相对于激光束的取向也会显著地影响碳的生成。

Production of Carbon Nanotubes at Carbon/Water Interface by Pulsed-Laser Ablation

Carbon nanotubes have been produced by laser ablation of graphite sample immersed in water. The experiment reveals the dependence of nanotube production on the structures of the sample. The more perfect the layer structure of the graphite sample is the easier is the production of the carbon nanotubes. Production of the carbon nanotllbes is also affected by the orientation of the lattice surface of the graphite sample. Glassy carbon cannot produce nanotube at all. Based on careful analysis of the experimental results, mechanism for the production of carbon nanotubes on the carbon/water interface is suggested. Water on the sample quenches the laser-vaporized species on the surface of the sample so as to provide the reactive material for the growth of the nanotubes. The perfect crystal lattice on the graphite sample surface can distribute the vaporized material to be nearly two-dimensional and the environment favorites the production of the carbon nanotubes.