多层巴基球链

在研究用不同金属催化剂生产单层纳米级石墨管的过程中, 我们发现铁、镍不仅可以作为生产单层纳米级石墨管的催化剂, 还可以作为生产多层巴基球链的催化剂。本文将详细报道这种链的形成条件和结构构造。

The strings of multi-shell buckyballs

New forms of carbon, such as fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, are expected to have a wide variety of interesting properties. Recent developments in synthetic technique have allowed the synthesis of a new number of the family, the strings of multi-shell buckyballs, and the generation of macroscopic amount of the material. In this research, we have detailed the structure of the strings of multi-shell buckyballs with high resolution transmission electron microscopy and found that this material is different from graphitic onion and graphitic polyhedron in both morphology and forming condition. We also have discussed the forming mechanism of the strings of multi-shell buckyballs in this paper.