Abstract
We describe a new mechanism for the nucleation of carbon nanotubes which does not require an abrupt transition from pentagonal ring formation to exclusively hexagon formation. This mechanism, the spontaneous opening of double-layered graphitic patches, is quantitatively consistent with the recently discovered temperature dependence of the nanotube diameter.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1791-1794 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1999 |
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