Molecular Dynamics Study of Bamboo-like Carbon Nanotube Nucleation
Materials Science
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
MD simulations based on an empirical potential energy surface were used to study the nucleation of bamboo-like carbon nanotubes (BCNTs). The simulations reveal that inner walls of the bamboo structure start to nucleate at the junction between the outer nanotube wall and the catalyst particle. In agreement with experimental results, the simulations show that BCNTs nucleate at higher dissolved carbon concentrations (i.e., feedstock pressures) than those where non-bamboolike carbon nanotubes are nucleated.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607798,
title = {Molecular Dynamics Study of Bamboo-like Carbon Nanotube Nucleation},
author = {Feng Ding and Kim Bolton and Arne Rosen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607798},
year = {2009}
}