Adatoms and nanoengineering of carbon

C. P. Ewels; M. I. Heggie; P. R. Briddon

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01371-9

Adatoms and nanoengineering of carbon

Materials Science 2009-11-07 v1

Authors: C. P. Ewels , M. I. Heggie , P. R. Briddon

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Abstract

We present a new and general mechanism for inter-conversion of carbon structures via a catalytic exchange process, which operates under conditions of Frenkel pair generation. The mechanism typically lowers reaction barriers by a factor of four compared to equivilent uncatalysed reactions. We examine the relevance of this mechanism for fullerene growth, carbon onions and nanotubes, and dislocations in irradiated graphite.

Keywords

carbon structures catalytic exchange Frenkel pair fullerene carbon nanotubes

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0112230,
  title  = {Adatoms and nanoengineering of carbon},
  author = {C. P. Ewels and M. I. Heggie and P. R. Briddon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0112230},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 Figures, 5 Page letter accepted for publication in Chemical Physics Letters

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