• Title of article

    Graphitic cones in palladium catalysed carbon nanofibres

  • Author/Authors

    Terrones، نويسنده , , H. and Hayashi، نويسنده , , T. and Muٌoz-Navia، نويسنده , , Sofia M. and Terrones، نويسنده , , M. and Kim، نويسنده , , Y.A. and Grobert، نويسنده , , N. and Kamalakaran، نويسنده , , R. and Dorantes-Dلvila، نويسنده , , J. and Escudero، نويسنده , , R. and Dresselhaus، نويسنده , , M.S. and Endo، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    241
  • To page
    250
  • Abstract
    High yields of graphitic conical nanofibres (5–70 nm OD; <5 μm long) are produced by pyrolysing palladium precursors under Ar at 850–1000°C. The fibres exhibit diamond-shaped Pd particles at their tips, which are responsible for the formation of stacked graphene cones (open, lampshade-type, or closed). The cones observed with apex angles of ca. 30°, 50° and 70° can be explained by an open cone approach, which considers different chiralities. Due to the presence of open edges (dangling bonds), we envisage that these novel nanofibres may find important applications in the fabrication of field emitters, gas storage components and composites.
  • Journal title
    Chemical Physics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    Chemical Physics Letters
  • Record number

    1776964