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Mechanisms of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Growth by the Laser Vaporization Technique: In Situ Imaging and Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. B. Geohegan ,
A. A. Puretzky ,
X. Fan ,
M. A. Guillorn ,
M. L. Simpson ,
V. I. Merkulov  and
S. J. Pennycook
D. B. Geohegan
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
A. A. Puretzky
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
X. Fan
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
M. A. Guillorn
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
M. L. Simpson
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
V. I. Merkulov
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
S. J. Pennycook
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, odg@oml.gov
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Abstract

Single-wall carbon nanotubes are formed by Nd:YAG laser vaporization of a graphite/(1 at. % Ni, 1 at. % Co) target into flowing argon (500 Torr) within a quartz tube furnace (1000 °C). Here, this process is investigated for the first time with time-resolved laser-induced luminescence imaging and spectroscopy of Co atoms, C2 and C3 molecules, and clusters. These measurements under actual synthesis conditions show that the plume of vaporized material is segregated and confined within a vortex ring which maintains a ˜1 cm3 volume for several seconds. Using time-resolved spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging, the time for conversion of atomic and molecular species to clusters was measured for both carbon (200 μs) and cobalt (2 ms). This rapid conversion of carbon to nanoparticles, combined with transmission electron microscopy analysis of the collected deposits, indicate that nanotube growth occurs during several seconds of time from a feedstock of mixed nanoparticles in the gas-suspended plume. Using these in situ diagnostics to adjust the time spent by the plume within the high-temperature zone, single-walled nanotubes of controlled length were grown at an estimated rate of 0.2 μm/s.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 593: Symposium U – Amorphous & Nanostructured Carbon , 1999 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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