Session details: Session 2: Breaking New Ground: From Carbon Nanotubes to Packaging

Structural phenomena in the growth of carbon nanotubes

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100149581 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 750-751

Author(s):

Jun Jiao

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Growth Mechanism ◽

Carbonaceous Material ◽

Cluster Growth ◽

Structural Elements ◽

Rich Variety ◽

Different Shapes ◽

Point To Point

HREM studies of the carbonaceous material deposited on the cathode of a Huffman-Krätschmer arc reactor have shown a rich variety of multiple-walled nano-clusters of different shapes and forms. The preparation of the samples, as well as the variety of cluster shapes, including triangular, rhombohedral and pentagonal projections, are described elsewhere.The close registry imposed on the nanotubes, focuses attention on the cluster growth mechanism. The strict parallelism in the graphitic separation of the tube walls is maintained through changes of form and size, often leading to 180° turns, and accommodating neighboring clusters and defects. Iijima et. al. have proposed a growth scheme in terms of pentagonal and heptagonal defects and their combinations in a hexagonal graphitic matrix, the first bending the surface inward, and the second outward. We report here HREM observations that support Iijima’s suggestions, and add some new features that refine the interpretation of the growth mechanism. The structural elements of our observations are briefly summarized in the following four micrographs, taken in a Hitachi H-8100 TEM operating at an accelerating voltage of 200 kV and with a point-to-point resolution of 0.20 nm.

Cytotoxicity and internalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Cell Biology International ◽

10.1042/cbi034s072d ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (8) ◽

pp. S72-S72

Author(s):

Xue Bin Yan ◽

Li Gan ◽

Dong Huang ◽

Ke Chao Zhou

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Endothelial Cells ◽

Umbilical Vein ◽

Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Human Umbilical Vein ◽

Single Wall Carbon ◽

Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Carbon nanotubes

AccessScience ◽

10.1036/1097-8542.800630 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Nature China ◽

10.1038/nchina.2007.258 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Anne Pichon

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Clean Break

Carbon nanotubes: the new asbestos?

Nature ◽

10.1038/news.2008.845 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Katharine Sanderson

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes