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Growth Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes

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Carbon Nanotubes

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This review considers the present state of understanding of the growth of carbon nanotubes based on TEM observations and numerical simulations. In the highlights of these experimental and theoretical approaches, various mechanisms, already proposed in the literature, for single and multi-shell nanotubes nucleation and growth are reviewed. A good understanding of nanotube growth at the atomic level is probably one of the main issues either to develop a nanotube mass production process or to control growth in order to obtain well-designed nanotube structures.

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  1. Unité de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud, 1, Bâtiment Boltzmann, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Jean-Christophe Charlier

  2. R & D Group, NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Sumio Iijima

  3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, 1-501, Shiogamaguchi Tenpaku, Nagoya, Aichi, 4688502, Japan

    Sumio Iijima

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Charlier, JC., Iijima, S. (2001). Growth Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes. In: Dresselhaus, M.S., Dresselhaus, G., Avouris, P. (eds) Carbon Nanotubes. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39947-X_4

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