Electron diffraction and microscopy of single-wall carbon nanotube bundles produced by different methods |
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Authors: | J-F Colomer L Henrard Ph Lambin G Van Tendeloo |
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Institution: | (1) EMAT, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium, BE;(2) Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, FUNDP, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium, BE |
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Abstract: | The atomic structure of single-wall carbon nanotube bundles produced by three different techniques (laser ablation, electric
arc discharge and catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD)) has been characterized by electron diffraction and microscopy.
Information on the helicity and the lattice packing has been obtained. Concerning the helicity, small bundles produced by
CCVD exhibit only one or two tube helicities within a single bundle. The diffraction patterns of laser-ablation produced bundles
also present well-defined but more diversified chiralities within a single bundle. By contrast the data acquired on bundles
formed by arc discharge show a more diffuse pattern, characteristic of a random chirality dispersion within a single bundle.
Concerning the lattice packing, informations are obtained via a detailed study of the equatorial line of the diffraction pattern for bundles produced by the three techniques. This electron
diffraction study is completed by high-resolution electron microscopy.
Received 8 August 2001 and Received in final form 14 March 2002 |
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Keywords: | PACS 61 14 -x Electron diffraction and scattering – 68 37 Lp Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (including STEM HRTEM etc ) – 61 48 +c Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials |
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