Ways to Increase the Length of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in a Magnetically Enhanced Arc Discharge
M. Keidar, I. Levchenko, A. Shashurin, A.M. Waas and K. Ostrikov
The George Washington University, US
Keywords:
single wall carbon nanotube, arc discharge, magnetic field
Abstract:
It is demonstrated that the magnetic field has a profound effect on the length of a single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) synthesized in the arc discharge. An average length of SWNT increases by a factor of 2 in discharge with magnetic field as compared with the discharge without magnetic field, and an amount of long nanotubes with the length above 5 micron also increases. A model of SWNT growth on metal catalyst in arc plasma was developed. Monte-Carlo simulations confirm that the increase of the plasma density in the magnetic field leads to an increase in the nanotube growth rate and thus leads to longer nanotubes.
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